The Courts: Articles

Jan 28 2012

The Problems of Prisons

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Jan-28-2012
The New Yorker has a truly great article chronicling the current state of the prison system and laying out suggestions for improvement.  I've always been ...
Jan 12 2012

GOP Hypocrisy on Display in Virginia, Pt. 1

By CJS Staff | Posted in Audio, Featured Multimedia, Multimedia | Jan-12-2012
Ken Connor discusses the VA ballot controversy and the Republican approach to tort reform.
Jan 12 2012

GOP Hypocrisy on Display in Virginia, Pt. 2

By CJS Staff | Posted in Audio, Featured Multimedia, Multimedia | Jan-12-2012
Ken Connor discusses the VA ballot controversy and the Republican approach to tort reform.
Jan 04 2012

GOP Hypocrisy on Display in Virginia

By Ken Connor | Posted in Featured Post, Ideas in Action | Jan-04-2012
In case you haven't noticed yet, the battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has been a highly volatile, highly unpredictable roller coaster ride.  With ...
Dec 01 2011

Ignored Facts on Tort Reform in Texas

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Dec-01-2011
A Houston Chronicle opinion writer has penned a tight piece on tort reform in Texas (click here to read the whole thing).  Tort ...
Nov 02 2011

Supreme Court Stands Up for Juries

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Nov-02-2011
The Supreme Court released a new ruling that takes an interesting stand for the judgment of the jury.  From The Christian Science Monitor (...
Oct 24 2011

Attacking Roe Via Gender-Selection Abortion

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Oct-24-2011
The Witherspoon Institute's Public Discourse publication features a fascinating piece on sex-selection abortion in the U.S.  Several states have banned abortion for the purposes of ...
Oct 12 2011

The Future of Arbitration?

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Oct-12-2011
The Supreme Court is considering an interesting case involving mandatory binding arbitration.  In short, mandatory binding arbitration is the signing away of one's right to ...
Sep 24 2011

Tort Reform: The Republican Blind Spot

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in CJS Forum, Featured Post | Sep-24-2011
Like the seasonal falling of leaves each year, tort reform has popped up once again to the forefront of Republican talking points. House Republicans earlier ...
Sep 21 2011

Big Tort Reform

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Sep-21-2011
Andrew Cochran at InjuryBoard dissects the new tort reform ideas bandied about by Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry.  Perry has presented the possibility of taking ...

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