In the recent case of Abigail Alliance v. von Eschenbach, a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the due process clause required the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow terminally ill patients the opportunity to use last-hope drugs that have...

Most of us have made "slippery slope" arguments, cases where allowing one thing to happen will encourage extreme and unwanted results. They are a staple of debates on topics ranging from partial birth abortion and privacy to vouchers, gun control, and euthanasia. Are these arguments based in reality or...

The visceral reaction against the need for a constitutional amendment to deal effectively and legitimately with the continuity of Congress is deep and is not just held by Republican leaders.

Gun violence has become an increasing concern to the general public, the media, and politicians, and many current ideas about controlling crime--for example, through juvenile gun bans, right-to-carry laws, and one-gun-a-month rules--involve controlling access to firearms. During this two-day conference, a group of academics will present for discussion their research...

Safe minority constituencies, in marginalizing black representatives, have become a brake on further racial progress.

Central to the globalization debate is the issue of the extent to which the United States should compel the application of U.S. laws and regulatory standards to activities in other countries.