"Mississippi's loose campaign finance laws allow lawyers and companies to contribute heavily to the judges they appear before. That is terrible for justice, since the courts are teeming with perfectly legal conflicts of interest."
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Adam Cohen is a multifaceted Canadian-American author, journalist, and lawyer, known for his insightful explorations of political and social issues. Born in Toronto in 1963, Cohen's career spans from being a staff writer for *The New York Times* to penning notable works such as *Some American Nation* and *Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Road to Brown v. Board of Education*. His legacy is marked by a commitment to social justice and a knack for dissecting complex narratives, making his contributions both timely and enduring.
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"It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the Internet so government can conveniently monitor everything we say and do online is too high a price to pay for making law enforcement more efficient."
Adam Cohen
"As self-driving cars become more common, there will be a flood of new legal questions."
Adam Cohen"The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control."
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"When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed."
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"If the courts regarded tweets and other social media information as private, it would not prevent the law enforcement from getting information it really needs. But the government would have to get a search warrant, which requires it to show that it has probable cause connecting what is being searched to a crime."
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"It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings."
Adam Cohen"The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight."
Adam Cohen"Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint."
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