Law

For decades, Thailand moved in lockstep with America’s global war on drugs — and sometimes waged that war with an aggression that wouldn’t fly in the US, so the legalization of medical pot is quite remarkable.

A politically polarizing court is not inevitable. In some European countries, the judicial appointment process is actually designed to ensure the court’s ideological balance, and justices work together to render consensus-based decisions.

It’s not so simple as legal and illegal for children who want to claim their US birthright citizenship.

The Casa Padre shelter for child migrants is the largest of its kind in the US. But the children still aren’t free to leave, and have a difficult time making their case, especially if they were separated from their parents.

In 1987 Scott Turow launched the rebirth of the legal thriller with his first novel, Presumed Innocent. He’s since written five more bestsellers including Reversible Errors. His most recent book is Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer’s Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty. Throughout his writing career he has continued to practice law in Chicago, the […]