The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority. — Adam Cohen Authority Copy Share Image
As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting. — Adam Cohen Democracy Copy Share Image
The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously. — Adam Cohen Power Copy Share Image
Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint. — Adam Cohen Commitment Copy Share Image
Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge. — Adam Cohen Innovation Copy Share Image
Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances. — Adam Cohen Best Copy Share Image
Even a single Justice can have a profound impact on the country. — Adam Cohen Country Copy Share Image
Defending Congressional authority should not be a partisan issue. — Adam Cohen Authority Copy Share Image
Vampires are sleek demons for good times. They suavely leech off society - like investment bankers who plunder outsize shares of deals… — Adam Cohen Demons Copy Share Image
Our movements reveal a great deal about who we are. A record of our locations over time can reveal whether we go… — Adam Cohen Abortion Copy Share Image
One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees. — Adam Cohen Back Copy Share Image
To be rejected on account of old age may or may not feel the same as being rejected on the basis of… — Adam Cohen Age Copy Share Image
There was a rule, back when I was an education lawyer in Alabama, about visiting public schools: always go on a rainy… — Adam Cohen Always Copy Share Image
'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings. — Adam Cohen Depression Copy Share Image
If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others,… — Adam Cohen Better Copy Share Image
A Reagan appointee, Justice Kennedy is no liberal, as he has shown on issues from affirmative action to corporate campaign spending. But… — Adam Cohen Action Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges… — Adam Cohen Constitution Copy Share Image
It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the… — Adam Cohen Government Copy Share Image
When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably… — Adam Cohen Days Copy Share Image
There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging… — Adam Cohen Circles Copy Share Image
The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have… — Adam Cohen American Copy Share Image
Mississippi's loose campaign finance laws allow lawyers and companies to contribute heavily to the judges they appear before. That is terrible for… — Adam Cohen Campaign finance Copy Share Image
To a generation beaten down by skyrocketing unemployment, plunging retirement savings, and mounting home foreclosures, 'Mad Men' offers the schadenfreude-filled message that… — Adam Cohen American Copy Share Image
Anti-New Deal rhetoric has never disappeared from American political life. — Adam Cohen American Copy Share Image
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term. — Adam Cohen Achievement Copy Share Image
DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter. — Adam Cohen Email Copy Share Image
A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections. — Adam Cohen Bill of rights Copy Share Image
Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it. — Adam Cohen Democracy Copy Share Image
People's genes can say a great deal about their health. There are genes that reveal an increased likelihood of getting cancer, heart… — Adam Cohen Cancer Copy Share Image
The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church… — Adam Cohen Church Copy Share Image
Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed… — Adam Cohen Advertising Copy Share Image
In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie… — Adam Cohen Calm Copy Share Image
A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information. — Adam Cohen Control Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, we would have put users in control of their information when the Internet was first created. — Adam Cohen Control Copy Share Image
An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for… — Adam Cohen Democracy Copy Share Image
Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students. — Adam Cohen Impact Copy Share Image
When the gun lobby fights gun-control legislation, its logic is clear: it does not like laws that prevent people from owning or… — Adam Cohen Amendment Copy Share Image
Liberal judges tend to be expansive about things like equal protection, while conservatives read more into ones like 'the right to bear… — Adam Cohen Conservatives Copy Share Image
Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price. — Adam Cohen Clear Copy Share Image
