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Stephanie Mencimer
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Stephanie covers legal affairs and domestic policy in Mother Jones' Washington bureau. She is the author of Blocking the Courthouse Door: How the Republican Party and Its Corporate Allies Are Taking Away Your Right to Sue.
Author's Articles
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The Tea Party's Favorite Doctors
They’re not just against health care reform.…
—Wed Nov. 18, 2009 3:00 AM PST -
Anti-Abortion Group to Protest Palin
When Palin touts her book in Indiana, pro-lifers will…
—Tue Nov. 17, 2009 3:00 AM PST -
Tea Partiers' Next Target: The Climate Bill
Conservative activists are using a film called "Not…
—Tue Nov. 10, 2009 3:07 AM PST -
The Tea Party's Takeover of the GOP
The anti-health care reform rally in Washington indicates…
—Thu Nov. 5, 2009 2:51 PM PST -
Medicare's Repo Men
Granny beware—Medicare's "debt collectors" could…
—Thu Oct. 8, 2009 3:59 AM PDT -
Bad Movies Make Bad Law?
The Supreme Court moves closer to allowing corporations…
—Wed Sep. 9, 2009 12:27 PM PDT -
Where's Mitch McConnell?
You'd expect the GOP's top legislator to lead the…
—Tue Sep. 8, 2009 3:17 AM PDT -
The GOP's Great White Hope?
If Indiana's Mitch Daniels is one of the GOP's top…
—Thu Sep. 3, 2009 1:00 AM PDT -
What's Karen Ignagni's Copay?
We asked the health insurance lobby about its top…
—Tue Sep. 1, 2009 3:00 AM PDT -
Five Ways Car Dealers Rip Off Soldiers (and Everyone Else)
From the yo-yo sale to the stealth repo.
—Mon Aug. 10, 2009 7:00 AM PDT -
I Love a Mark in Uniform
Kidnapping. Falsified documents. Hooters nights.…
—Mon Aug. 10, 2009 1:00 AM PDT -
Watch: Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings
Watch live video of the hearings here all week and…
—Thu Jul. 16, 2009 7:00 AM PDT -
Sotomayor Slips Up
The prospective justice forgets a key 'Perry Mason…
—Wed Jul. 15, 2009 1:24 PM PDT -
Where Did Sotomayor's Empathy Go?
Obama's nominee sets out to prove that she can be…
—Tue Jul. 14, 2009 9:39 PM PDT -
Pride and Prejudice
Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing gets off…
—Mon Jul. 13, 2009 4:17 PM PDT -
Coming Soon: 'Judge Sonia'?
If Sotomayor is confirmed, will we finally get to…
—Fri Jul. 10, 2009 4:00 AM PDT -
Where in the World Are the Federal Trade Commissioners?
MoJo obtains…
—Tue Jul. 7, 2009 5:00 AM PDT -
Bigoted Banks 0, Eliot Spitzer 1
A Supreme Court ruling vindicates the disgraced ex…
—Mon Jun. 29, 2009 3:02 PM PDT -
Why the GOP Can't Sink Sotomayor
With Senate confirmation practically a lock, big business…
—Mon Jun. 29, 2009 4:00 AM PDT -
Sonia Sotomayor's Prose Problem
Obama's Supreme Court pick has lots of talents.…
—Wed Jun. 3, 2009 11:06 AM PDT -
Gay Rights Groups to Ted Olson: Thanks, but No Thanks
Why gay-marriage backers don’t want the conservative…
—Thu May. 28, 2009 9:21 AM PDT -
Is NuvaRing Dangerous?
The FDA says Schering-Plough's hip, new contraceptive…
—Sun May. 3, 2009 8:38 AM PDT -
Financial Sleazebags, Watch Out!
There's a new consumer protection sheriff in town…
—Mon Apr. 20, 2009 4:00 AM PDT -
Obama Sides With Banks Accused of Racism
The administration defends lenders that allegedly…
—Tue Apr. 7, 2009 9:30 AM PDT -
Recession-Proof Investment Opportunities!
Franchises say they could be your ticket to financial…
—Tue Mar. 31, 2009 3:00 AM PDT -
Why Is Obama Backing Bank of America in Court?
The administration plans to side with the bailed-out…
—Wed Mar. 25, 2009 4:59 AM PDT -
Franchise Fraud: Wake Up and Smell the Fine Print
Inside one couple's descent into Coffee Beanery franchise…
—Tue Feb. 24, 2009 1:14 PM PST -
Throw the Switch Already!
So what if a few million TVs go dark during the DTV…
—Tue Feb. 17, 2009 10:39 AM PST -
Why You Can't Buy a New Car Online
Blame Ronald Reagan, George W.…
—Tue Feb. 10, 2009 2:05 PM PST -
The Fed Awakens
The Federal Reserve had the power to protect consumers…
—Thu Jan. 29, 2009 3:33 PM PST -
Why the Auto Bailout's a Dead End
Detroit's primary moneymaking vehicle has been selling…
—Mon Dec. 22, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Will the Obama Administration Defend Karl Rove?
The president-elect may soon have to decide whether…
—Thu Dec. 11, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Philip Morris' Legal Smoke Screen
Yes, the cigarette manufacturer really did just compare…
—Thu Dec. 4, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
MoJo Video: The Ex-Gitmo Detainee Next Door
If freed by a federal court, 17 Uighurs imprisoned…
—Mon Nov. 24, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Why Is Mitch McConnell Being Nice to Obama?
Addressing the Federalist Society, the top Senate…
—Thu Nov. 20, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
The Summum of All Fears
Can a fringe religious sect that believes in mummifying…
—Thu Nov. 13, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Are the Dems Plotting to Hush Rush?
Right wingers are claiming Democrats intend to knock…
—Tue Nov. 11, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Why Used Car Dealers Love John McCain
As chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, the…
—Fri Oct. 17, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Does Running eBay Qualify You to Oversee the Treasury?
John McCain apparently thinks so, naming Meg Whitman…
—Wed Oct. 8, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Supreme Court Snapshot
Your guide to the notable cases on the high court'…
—Mon Oct. 6, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Swift Boaters Start Your Engines
If Obama is hit with an attack ad fusillade, this…
—Thu Oct. 2, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Who Is the Real Laura Bush?
In American Wife, novelist Curtis Sittenfeld…
—Wed Sep. 3, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Do Taxpayers Need Marriage Workshops?
Rabbi Stephen Baars is here from the government to…
—Tue Sep. 2, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Why Mercury Tuna Is Still Legal
The Bush FDA helped industry suppress the bad news…
—Tue Sep. 2, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Dollar Diplomacy
Want an ambassadorship?…
—Mon Aug. 25, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
W's Worst Judges: The Sorry Six
In eight years, Bush installed 310 federal judges.…
—Mon Aug. 18, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Update: Magna Cum MoJo
Five years ago we profiled a single father laid off…
—Mon Aug. 4, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Civil Rights Groups Defending Predatory Lenders: Priceless
What does Martin Luther King Jr.…
—Fri Aug. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Why Texas Still Holds 'Em
Forget oil and gold.…
—Mon Jul. 21, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
What Family Leave?
The nation's workplace policies are on par with those…
—Mon Jun. 23, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Jammed by the Justice Department
The House Judiciary Committee's attempts to extract…
—Fri May. 16, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Meet Big Business' Favorite Granny
With congressional Democrats moving to ban one of…
—Mon May. 12, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
High Court Upholds Voter ID Law
In the most high-stakes voting-rights case since <…
—Mon Apr. 28, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Banking on Barney Frank
Consumer advocates who cheered when Frank took over…
—Wed Apr. 16, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Whitewashing the Second Amendment
As the Supreme Court reviews a historic gun-rights…
—Thu Mar. 20, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Have You Signed Away Your Right to Sue?
More employees are being forced to sign mandatory-…
—Thu Mar. 20, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Daniel Troy's Poison Pill
How a former Bush appointee has the high court poised…
—Fri Mar. 7, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Meet Bush's Prison Nominee
Tennessee's next trial court judge might be a prison…
—Wed Feb. 20, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
The Fall of a Corporate Crime Fighter
Famed class action attorney Bill Lerach's pursuit…
—Thu Feb. 14, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Passing Judgment
Bush's latest controversial judicial nominee opposes…
—Fri Feb. 8, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Courting Disaster
The Senate and the Supremes square off over fair pay…
—Thu Feb. 7, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Supreme Court: Taking Care of Business
How the high court caters to corporations and ignores…
—Fri Jan. 25, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Crayons Down!
Babes in test land
—Mon Jan. 21, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Did the Clintons Try to Whack a Cat?
Sure, Citizens United's Hillary documentary is a political…
—Tue Jan. 15, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Hillary's Hero: Judge Royce Lamberth
The famously anti-Clinton judge has never done Hillary…
—Sun Jan. 13, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
License and (Voter) Registration, Please
On Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear what may…
—Tue Jan. 8, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Mormons to the Rescue
Latter-day Saints are like the superheroes of Christianity…
—Fri Dec. 28, 2007 12:00 AM PST -
Cheney Justice?
Why can't Jamie Leigh Jones, who says she was raped…
—Fri Dec. 21, 2007 12:00 AM PST -
The Quest for a Car, Sans Arbitration Clause
Our reporter thought she'd found a way to buy a car…
—Fri Dec. 14, 2007 12:00 AM PST -
Corporate Enemy No. 1: State Attorneys General
As the Bush administration turns a blind eye to consumer…
—Thu Dec. 6, 2007 12:00 AM PST -
Suckers Wanted: How Car Dealers and Other Businesses are Taking Away Your Right to Sue
Mandatory arbitration provisions, forcing people to…
—Mon Nov. 26, 2007 12:00 AM PST -
Supreme Court Preview: Detainee Rights on the Docket
As a new Supreme Court term begins on Monday, legal…
—Thu Sep. 27, 2007 12:00 AM PDT -
Senator Larry Craig, Free Speech Poster Boy?
Should Senator Larry Craig turn to the First Amendment…
—Fri Aug. 31, 2007 12:00 AM PDT -
Trial and Error
With John Edwards in their sights, Republican spin…
—Wed Sep. 1, 2004 12:00 AM PDT -
Death By a Thousand Cuts
After being deserted by industry, a Southern mill…
—Sat Nov. 1, 2003 12:00 AM PST -
A fierce responsibility
—Tue Mar. 1, 1994 12:00 AM PST
Author's Blog Posts
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SarahPAC Scrubs Site of Pro-Choice Nomination
—Wed Nov. 18, 2009 6:22 AM PST -
Going Rogue: Palin's Fundraising Ploy?
—Tue Nov. 17, 2009 8:47 AM PST -
AIG's Greenberg Still Unrepentant
—Fri Nov. 13, 2009 10:03 AM PST -
Is The Tea Party Over?
—Wed Nov. 4, 2009 3:38 AM PST -
Is Obama Plotting to Shut Down the Internet?
—Tue Oct. 27, 2009 8:15 PM PDT -
Take That, Dick Cheney!
—Tue Oct. 13, 2009 9:23 AM PDT -
The Christmas Wars 2009: Round 1
—Tue Oct. 13, 2009 7:18 AM PDT -
Patriots In Denial
—Wed Sep. 23, 2009 10:58 AM PDT -
Santorum Tanks, Huckabee Triumphs Again
—Sat Sep. 19, 2009 5:49 PM PDT -
Mitt Romney For Olympics Czar?
—Sat Sep. 19, 2009 8:54 AM PDT -
O'Reilly Bans Media From Speech
—Sat Sep. 19, 2009 7:41 AM PDT -
Rick Santorum For President?
—Sat Sep. 19, 2009 6:05 AM PDT -
Carrie Prejean: It's All About Me
—Fri Sep. 18, 2009 12:45 PM PDT -
Stephen Baldwin: Preacher Man
—Fri Sep. 18, 2009 11:31 AM PDT -
Where's Sarah Palin?
—Fri Sep. 18, 2009 7:02 AM PDT -
John Fund Fears Universal Voter Registration Conspiracy
—Wed Sep. 16, 2009 12:48 PM PDT -
Rep. Tom Price: Public Option Will Cheat
—Wed Sep. 16, 2009 8:28 AM PDT -
Court Okays Halliburton Rape Trial
—Wed Sep. 16, 2009 6:34 AM PDT -
Jews: Not "Values Voters"?
—Tue Sep. 15, 2009 6:31 AM PDT -
Health Care Reform As Socialism Meme Dates To Roosevelt
—Mon Sep. 14, 2009 8:42 AM PDT -
Snapshots From The Tea Party
—Sun Sep. 13, 2009 7:53 PM PDT -
Gingrich Hearts Porn Company
—Fri Sep. 11, 2009 12:46 PM PDT -
Joe Wilson Wins Nativist Vote
—Thu Sep. 10, 2009 9:48 AM PDT -
New Census Data: More Poor Kids, More Uninsured
—Thu Sep. 10, 2009 7:32 AM PDT -
Mitch McConnell's SCOTUS Case
—Tue Sep. 8, 2009 8:21 AM PDT -
Coffee Beanery Foes Lose House
—Fri Sep. 4, 2009 9:05 AM PDT -
No Health Care For Registered Republicans?
—Fri Aug. 28, 2009 8:32 AM PDT -
The Unsung (And Singing) Ted Kennedy
—Wed Aug. 26, 2009 8:46 AM PDT -
The GOP's Health Care Reform Org Chart
—Thu Aug. 20, 2009 1:22 PM PDT -
Are the Palins Splitsville? And Other Tabloid News
—Thu Aug. 20, 2009 9:30 AM PDT -
Obama's Health Insurance Plan Channels...The Heritage Foundation?
—Thu Aug. 13, 2009 1:41 PM PDT -
Surgeon General Pick Worked For Burger King
—Thu Aug. 13, 2009 8:20 AM PDT -
Big Business' Health Care Offensive
—Wed Jul. 22, 2009 12:27 PM PDT -
Bush's Alzheimer's Drama And Other Tabloid Political News
—Fri Jul. 17, 2009 11:17 AM PDT -
Ricci Speaks. Finally.
—Thu Jul. 16, 2009 2:28 PM PDT -
Sen. Sessions: Crackhead?
—Thu Jul. 16, 2009 1:08 PM PDT -
Sen. Whitehouse No Habla Espanol
—Wed Jul. 15, 2009 12:15 PM PDT -
Sen. Franken Flops at Sotomayor Hearings
—Tue Jul. 14, 2009 10:42 AM PDT -
Cheeseheads Rule Judiciary Committee
—Mon Jul. 13, 2009 3:40 PM PDT -
Firefighters To Testify Against Sotomayor
—Thu Jul. 9, 2009 1:22 PM PDT -
Gonzo Finally Gets A Job
—Wed Jul. 8, 2009 6:58 AM PDT -
GOP May Delay Sotomayor Hearings
—Tue Jul. 7, 2009 9:30 AM PDT -
Time Of The Preacher: Obama's New Spiritual Guide
—Mon Jun. 29, 2009 10:49 AM PDT -
Doctors Boo Obama
—Wed Jun. 17, 2009 6:00 AM PDT -
Obama Promotes Malpractice Myth
—Mon Jun. 15, 2009 5:41 AM PDT -
Why Would Anyone Buy A Volt?
—Tue Jun. 9, 2009 8:21 AM PDT -
Oh Please Let Haley Barbour Run For President
—Mon Jun. 8, 2009 10:09 AM PDT -
Does Sotomayor Oppose The Death Penalty?
—Fri Jun. 5, 2009 8:10 AM PDT -
Sonia Sotomayor's Addiction Problem
—Thu Jun. 4, 2009 9:07 AM PDT -
Sotomayor Judges Race Cases Just Like a White Guy
—Mon Jun. 1, 2009 7:24 AM PDT -
Bush v. Gore Lawyers Team Up To Save Journalism
—Fri May. 29, 2009 7:24 AM PDT -
Spy Novels For Journalists
—Wed May. 27, 2009 11:14 AM PDT -
Is Trojan Squeezing Out The Competition?
—Tue May. 26, 2009 10:53 AM PDT -
Obama's Weird Choice for CSPC
—Tue May. 5, 2009 8:05 AM PDT -
Scenes From the White House Egg Roll
—Mon Apr. 13, 2009 9:49 AM PDT -
Nancy Nord: Still An Imbecile?
—Wed Apr. 8, 2009 10:02 AM PDT -
TARP Funds Still MIA
—Fri Apr. 3, 2009 2:11 PM PDT -
Conservative Think Tank Thinking Less
—Fri Mar. 13, 2009 7:54 AM PDT -
DA's Link Arms With Sleazy Debt Collectors
—Thu Mar. 5, 2009 10:28 AM PST -
Are Journalists Running the Obama Administration?
—Thu Mar. 5, 2009 10:00 AM PST -
Supreme Court Puts Kabosh on Vibration Monument
—Wed Feb. 25, 2009 8:43 AM PST -
Liberals Fight Gun Control To Win Abortion Rights
—Tue Feb. 24, 2009 9:13 AM PST -
Supreme Court May Hear Mercury In Tuna Case
—Wed Feb. 18, 2009 10:02 AM PST -
"Diaper Dave" Vitter Says Obama Adopts Judicial Standards of a "Dictatorship"
—Thu Feb. 12, 2009 2:11 PM PST -
The Obama Girls' First Snow Day
—Wed Jan. 28, 2009 8:35 AM PST -
Obama's Pick for HHS Deputy: Actually Qualified For The Job
—Tue Jan. 13, 2009 12:05 PM PST -
Solicitor General Says Uighur Detainees Have An Immigration Problem
—Mon Nov. 24, 2008 2:05 PM PST -
Will Ken Starr Defend Prop 8 in CA Supreme Court?
—Mon Nov. 24, 2008 11:52 AM PST -
Right-Wing Paranoia About an Obama Supreme Court
—Thu Nov. 20, 2008 7:17 AM PST -
Holder's DC Legacy: Not Much
—Wed Nov. 19, 2008 12:32 PM PST -
Michelle Obama Touring DC Private Schools Today
—Mon Nov. 10, 2008 9:17 AM PST -
Public School for the Obama Girls, Please?
—Fri Nov. 7, 2008 8:55 AM PST -
Palin Knows How To Debate
—Wed Oct. 1, 2008 11:22 AM PDT -
Is Bob Barr A Spoiler?
—Thu Sep. 25, 2008 1:28 PM PDT -
Lilly Ledbetter: Obama's Newest Ad Star
—Tue Sep. 23, 2008 10:44 AM PDT -
McCain's Domestic Policies: As Old As He Is
—Fri Sep. 5, 2008 11:38 AM PDT -
It's Not Sexist To Talk About Palin As A Parent
—Thu Sep. 4, 2008 12:22 PM PDT -
Palin Will Indeed Bring The Breast Pump
—Tue Sep. 2, 2008 1:20 PM PDT -
Will Palin Bring A Breast Pump On The Campaign Trail?
—Fri Aug. 29, 2008 10:15 AM PDT -
New Poverty Data Induce Clinton Nostalgia
—Wed Aug. 27, 2008 11:31 AM PDT -
Cayman Island Office Building Home to 9,000 U.S. Tax Cheats
—Thu Jul. 24, 2008 7:43 AM PDT -
High Gas Prices Save Lives
—Wed Jul. 23, 2008 10:31 AM PDT -
Recession Be Damned: Rich Still Getting Richer
—Wed Jul. 23, 2008 7:34 AM PDT -
Liberal Lawyer Helping Louisiana Kill That Guy
—Tue Jul. 22, 2008 7:28 AM PDT -
Minimum Wage Goes Up Thursday
—Mon Jul. 21, 2008 8:39 AM PDT -
Sandra Day O'Connor: Back On The Bench!
—Fri Jul. 11, 2008 8:11 AM PDT -
Rove Is a No-Show
—Thu Jul. 10, 2008 7:52 AM PDT -
Will Rove Show?
—Wed Jul. 9, 2008 1:57 PM PDT -
Embattled Judicial Nominee Also Landlord To Sketchy Methadone Clinic
—Wed Jul. 9, 2008 10:59 AM PDT -
House Judiciary Committee To Subpoena Mukasey
—Thu Jun. 26, 2008 12:43 PM PDT -
Supreme Court Overturns DC Handgun Ban
—Thu Jun. 26, 2008 9:28 AM PDT -
Supreme Court Overturns Exxon Valdez Verdict
—Wed Jun. 25, 2008 7:59 AM PDT -
A Right-to-Lifer and the GOP's Nursing Home Dilemma
—Fri Jun. 13, 2008 9:27 AM PDT -
What If the Stimulus Bankrupts the Government?
—Wed Jun. 11, 2008 12:52 PM PDT -
Even Utah Not Thrilled to See Bush
—Mon Jun. 2, 2008 8:33 AM PDT -
Florida Congressman's Car Dealership Accused of Sleaze
—Fri May. 23, 2008 12:28 PM PDT -
Hillary: Too Old For High Court
—Fri May. 23, 2008 9:15 AM PDT -
McCain-Huckabee: Dream Team?
—Mon May. 19, 2008 9:45 AM PDT -
Smart Car Puts Detroit to Shame
—Wed May. 14, 2008 8:58 AM PDT -
Voters Shut Out of Indiana Primary Will Have to Appeal to Higher Authority
—Wed May. 7, 2008 2:57 PM PDT -
Carbon Offsets For Tummy Tucks?
—Wed Apr. 30, 2008 8:45 AM PDT -
Banks Give New Meaning to Protection Racket
—Thu Apr. 24, 2008 7:12 AM PDT -
Sex-Ed Hearing: Not So Sexy
—Wed Apr. 23, 2008 12:50 PM PDT -
New Study Says Women To Start Dropping Like Flies
—Tue Apr. 22, 2008 7:38 AM PDT -
Homeland Security Deems Illegal Immigrants Threat To Environment
—Mon Apr. 21, 2008 8:31 AM PDT -
Even The Pope Can't Shame Court on Death Penalty
—Thu Apr. 17, 2008 8:41 AM PDT -
How Many Calories In a Big Mac? NYC Residents Soon To Know
—Wed Apr. 16, 2008 3:51 PM PDT -
Tax Day Means Big Bucks for Predatory Lenders
—Tue Apr. 15, 2008 9:05 AM PDT -
House Republicans Try Wishing Away Housing Crisis
—Tue Apr. 8, 2008 7:41 AM PDT -
Bush's HUD Secretary Finally Gets Some Press
—Mon Mar. 31, 2008 8:43 PM PDT -
Stuff Some Money In Your Mattress, Just In Case
—Wed Mar. 26, 2008 8:03 AM PDT -
It's Not Just Wall Street That's Happy To See Spitzer Go
—Mon Mar. 24, 2008 11:58 AM PDT -
Credit Card Industry Kicks Consumers Off Congressional Panel
—Fri Mar. 14, 2008 1:30 PM PDT -
More Bad News For Bush's Judicial Nominee
—Fri Mar. 14, 2008 8:53 AM PDT -
Confirmation Battle Brewing Over Nominee's Country Club Membership
—Thu Mar. 13, 2008 12:49 PM PDT -
Congressional Ethics Office Vote Today
—Tue Mar. 11, 2008 9:32 AM PDT -
Will Spitzer Go To John School?
—Mon Mar. 10, 2008 2:25 PM PDT -
Eliot Spitzer: Screwed
—Mon Mar. 10, 2008 1:41 PM PDT -
Rep. Chris Cannon To Car-Scam Victim: Move On!
—Fri Mar. 7, 2008 11:25 AM PST -
Comcast Must Die
—Wed Mar. 5, 2008 11:52 AM PST -
Christians Heart Payday Lenders
—Wed Mar. 5, 2008 8:12 AM PST -
Hospital Shakes Down Post-Op Patients, In Their Beds
—Tue Mar. 4, 2008 7:27 AM PST -
Time To Ban Beef From School Lunch
—Tue Feb. 19, 2008 6:28 AM PST -
Hearing Regrets
—Fri Feb. 15, 2008 9:00 AM PST -
Why NOT Lie To Congress?
—Thu Feb. 14, 2008 12:11 PM PST -
Wearing White (To A Confirmation Hearing)
—Wed Feb. 13, 2008 12:09 PM PST -
Ted Stevens Takes Aim At Exxon
—Wed Feb. 6, 2008 7:50 AM PST -
Head Start: Dying On The Vine
—Tue Feb. 5, 2008 1:16 PM PST -
Eli Manning: Budding Environmentalist?
—Tue Feb. 5, 2008 11:56 AM PST -
Eat Burger, Waive Right to Sue
—Thu Jan. 31, 2008 9:07 AM PST -
They Can Sell Cigarettes, So Why Not Pot?
—Wed Jan. 30, 2008 8:52 AM PST -
Edwards v. Dellinger: Gossip Over The Next AG
—Mon Jan. 28, 2008 7:00 AM PST -
A Black Box for Botox?
—Thu Jan. 24, 2008 6:51 AM PST -
"Hillary: The Movie" Headed For The Supreme Court
—Thu Jan. 17, 2008 1:10 PM PST -
What Was Jeff Gerth Thinking?
—Wed Jan. 16, 2008 12:33 PM PST -
Reason #2,359 to Support Universal Health Care
—Mon Jan. 14, 2008 6:51 AM PST -
Roger Clemens' Strikeout Secret: Vioxx?
—Thu Jan. 10, 2008 8:50 AM PST -
So Much Porn, So Little Time--For Accounting
—Wed Jan. 9, 2008 10:03 AM PST -
Is Mitt Like Mike?
—Mon Jan. 7, 2008 7:46 AM PST -
See Mary Crash
—Fri Dec. 28, 2007 7:57 AM PST -
New Face of Lawsuit Abuse Looks A Lot Like the Old One
—Wed Dec. 26, 2007 10:25 AM PST -
Not Even Toastmasters Will Help Gonzales
—Fri Dec. 21, 2007 12:14 PM PST -
Reason 4,321 To Hate Wal-Mart
—Fri Dec. 14, 2007 7:50 AM PST -
Jenna Bush Is Not a Rock Star
—Thu Dec. 13, 2007 9:44 AM PST -
Al Sharpton Under Investigation. Again
—Thu Dec. 13, 2007 6:35 AM PST -
New U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Crack Penalties: A Campaign Issue?
—Mon Dec. 10, 2007 9:03 AM PST -
Insurance Industry Now Thinks Texas Needs More Litigation
—Mon Dec. 10, 2007 6:59 AM PST -
Internet Sales Taxes: Just in Time for Christmas?
—Thu Dec. 6, 2007 9:45 AM PST -
Congress to Force Middle Class to Finance Hedge Fund Managers' Tax Break
—Wed Dec. 5, 2007 6:40 AM PST -
Hummers: More Than Just a Menace to the Environment
—Mon Dec. 3, 2007 11:12 AM PST -
Hillary Clinton Says Bye-Bye to Indicted Trial Lawyer
—Thu Nov. 29, 2007 7:16 AM PST -
Should Spanking Your Kid Be Illegal?
—Wed Nov. 28, 2007 11:25 AM PST -
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Won't Disclose Donors Without a Fight
—Wed Nov. 28, 2007 11:18 AM PST -
DaimlerChrysler Financial Forces Army Reservist to Fight Car Rip-Off From Iraq
—Tue Nov. 27, 2007 8:13 AM PST -
Trent Lott Says Goodbye to All That
—Mon Nov. 26, 2007 6:12 AM PST -
Wal-Mart Sues Brain Damaged Employee As Reward for Giving Her Health Insurance
—Fri Nov. 23, 2007 8:58 AM PST -
Falwell's FBI File
—Wed Nov. 21, 2007 1:16 PM PST -
Fred Thompson's DIY Phone Bank
—Wed Nov. 21, 2007 10:20 AM PST -
Trial Lawyers Still the Democrats' Deep Pockets
—Wed Nov. 21, 2007 9:27 AM PST -
More Big Burgers for a Buck
—Wed Nov. 21, 2007 7:03 AM PST -
Minneapolis Prosecutors Bid Good Riddance to Rachel Paulose
—Tue Nov. 20, 2007 6:02 PM PST -
No Thanksgiving Surprises for Bush This Year
—Mon Nov. 19, 2007 12:09 PM PST -
Push Polls Add Mud to New Hampshire GOP Primary
—Mon Nov. 19, 2007 7:59 AM PST -
Police Reservists Bring the War Home
—Mon Nov. 19, 2007 7:38 AM PST -
Al Gore: Venture Capitalist
—Tue Nov. 13, 2007 11:08 AM PST -
Obama Touches the Third Rail, Sort Of.
—Tue Nov. 13, 2007 5:01 AM PST -
Dear Hillary: Success Trumps Sisterhood Every Time
—Mon Nov. 12, 2007 7:40 AM PST -
HMO Pays Staffers to Drop Sick People
—Mon Nov. 12, 2007 7:10 AM PST -
Finally, Cable a la Carte?
—Mon Nov. 12, 2007 6:34 AM PST -
If Grover Norquist Speaks, Does Anyone Still Listen?
—Fri Nov. 9, 2007 1:22 PM PST -
Beating Up On Barney Frank
—Fri Nov. 9, 2007 11:21 AM PST -
Utah To Offer Cops "Sweat Your Meth" Treatments
—Fri Nov. 9, 2007 10:17 AM PST -
OSHA: Where Good Laws Go To Die
—Wed Nov. 7, 2007 7:16 AM PST -
Imagine What They'll Do to Avoid Retina Scans!
—Tue Nov. 6, 2007 10:27 AM PST -
Did the Mormon Mafia Work Its Magic for Kyle Sampson?
—Fri Nov. 2, 2007 7:38 AM PDT -
Just When We Thought We'd Heard the Last of Bernie Kerik
—Thu Nov. 1, 2007 7:38 AM PDT -
Anti-Drug Ads That Might Actually Work
—Wed Oct. 31, 2007 11:04 AM PDT -
A Junket by Any Other Name..
—Tue Oct. 30, 2007 11:12 AM PDT -
A New Twist on "Sleeping It Off"?
—Mon Oct. 29, 2007 11:34 AM PDT -
D.C.'s Rich Get Richer (and Black Folks Get Nowhere)
—Wed Oct. 24, 2007 12:33 PM PDT -
A New Twist on the Old Chain Gang
—Wed Oct. 24, 2007 11:23 AM PDT -
Fake News from PhRMA
—Wed Oct. 24, 2007 10:46 AM PDT -
Earth to Fashion Industry: It's Still Really Hot Outside
—Tue Oct. 23, 2007 8:20 AM PDT -
Tort Reform Brings More Doctors to Texas, But Only for Rich People
—Fri Oct. 19, 2007 10:44 AM PDT -
Does Barbie Eat Fries?
—Fri Oct. 19, 2007 9:14 AM PDT -
Preteens on the Pill?
—Thu Oct. 18, 2007 12:59 PM PDT -
The New Face of Christian Legal Education
—Wed Oct. 17, 2007 11:10 AM PDT -
Mukasey Is a Bore
—Wed Oct. 17, 2007 9:47 AM PDT -
Maybe Clarence Thomas Can Help With The Appeal
—Tue Oct. 16, 2007 8:00 AM PDT -
Pat Robertson: Flippin' Out
—Mon Oct. 15, 2007 7:30 AM PDT -
Another Reason to Suck It Up and Buy a Minivan
—Thu Oct. 11, 2007 8:10 AM PDT -
Let's Hope the Clinic Showed Baywatch Reruns
—Wed Oct. 10, 2007 2:28 PM PDT -
Want Health Insurance? Call Us Back When You're Homeless
—Wed Oct. 10, 2007 10:58 AM PDT -
No Wontons for Fred Fielding This Week
—Tue Oct. 9, 2007 10:42 AM PDT -
Another Nail in the Coffin for the Gitmo Tribunals
—Tue Oct. 9, 2007 7:46 AM PDT -
Give the Nuclear Power Industry Credit for Creativity
—Mon Oct. 8, 2007 9:15 AM PDT -
Why Online Education Will Never Replace the Classroom Experience
—Fri Oct. 5, 2007 12:05 PM PDT -
Note to Mel: People Love Bill
—Fri Oct. 5, 2007 11:22 AM PDT -
Well, "Happy" May Be a Stretch
—Fri Oct. 5, 2007 11:15 AM PDT -
New Poll: Obama Inspirational But Can't Win
—Wed Oct. 3, 2007 8:29 AM PDT -
Maybe The Lawyers Should Have Gone on Oprah
—Wed Oct. 3, 2007 7:35 AM PDT -
Does the Virtual World Need Virtual Lawsuits?
—Wed Oct. 3, 2007 7:14 AM PDT -
Doctors Discover Americans Are Uninsured
—Tue Oct. 2, 2007 8:16 AM PDT -
Citigroup Gets What It Deserves
—Mon Oct. 1, 2007 12:27 PM PDT -
The Attack of the Brain-Eating Amoebas
—Sun Sep. 30, 2007 10:11 AM PDT -
Does Scalia Think Clarence Thomas is a Nutter?
—Fri Sep. 28, 2007 11:48 AM PDT -
Gary Condit Refuses to Go Quietly
—Fri Sep. 28, 2007 7:53 AM PDT -
When Justice Delayed Starts to Look Pretty Good
—Thu Sep. 27, 2007 3:05 PM PDT -
College Students: You've Been F#%'D!
—Wed Sep. 26, 2007 8:09 AM PDT -
Laura Dern as Katherine Harris?
—Tue Sep. 25, 2007 10:46 AM PDT -
DLC Prez Wins Romney Ad-Making Contest
—Mon Sep. 24, 2007 12:39 PM PDT -
Why Banks Want Your Checks to Bounce
—Mon Sep. 24, 2007 8:13 AM PDT -
Mukasey: A Giuliani Republican?
—Fri Sep. 21, 2007 1:21 PM PDT -
Another Reason to Skip the Muffin-Top Tattoo
—Fri Sep. 21, 2007 10:34 AM PDT -
Bush's Latest Big Fib
—Fri Sep. 21, 2007 7:19 AM PDT -
Richardson Courts the Fat Vote
—Thu Sep. 20, 2007 12:02 PM PDT -
Mitt Romney and the Formula Makers
—Thu Sep. 20, 2007 8:27 AM PDT -
Democrats Rush to Return Lawyer's Money After Guilty Plea
—Wed Sep. 19, 2007 2:49 PM PDT -
NFL Fines: Tax Deductible?
—Wed Sep. 19, 2007 11:45 AM PDT -
California Won't Be Suing its Way to Cleaner Air
—Wed Sep. 19, 2007 10:42 AM PDT -
Worm Poop Threatens Corporate Profits
—Wed Sep. 19, 2007 10:01 AM PDT -
Another Big Democratic Funder Headed to the Big House
—Tue Sep. 18, 2007 9:19 AM PDT -
AOL Sucks
—Tue Sep. 18, 2007 7:49 AM PDT -
Bush to Poor Kids: We Want You to Have Health Insurance. We Just Don't Want You to Know About It.
—Mon Sep. 17, 2007 1:23 PM PDT -
ATM Fees Soon to Surpass Minimum Wage
—Mon Sep. 17, 2007 10:22 AM PDT -
Minneapolis's New Tourist Attraction
—Mon Sep. 17, 2007 9:58 AM PDT -
Big Pharma Misses Lincoln Chaffee
—Wed Sep. 12, 2007 12:37 PM PDT -
Americans Fight Terrorism From the Jury Box
—Mon Sep. 10, 2007 1:20 PM PDT -
Homeland Security's Legal Loophole
—Tue Nov. 28, 2006 9:15 AM PST
