Commentary: Catalans’ Harsh Sentences Are Un-European

Bloomberg Opinion October 16, 2019

Catalan pro-independence demonstrators throw paper toilet rolls into the air during a protest in Barcelona Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

The Supreme Court decided not to charge the Catalans with rebellion, which could have landed them in prison for 30 years.

Commentary: Bad arguments against impeachment pile up

Bloomberg Opinion October 14, 2019

Attorney Alan Dershowitz, shown March 6 in New York, concedes that impeachment is political, but the concession clearly makes him uncomfortable and he tries to take it back as much as he can. (AP file photo)

Once again, Alan Dershowitz, the former Harvard Law School professor, is mounting a defense of President Donald Trump against the threat of impeachment.

Commentary: Harvard still needs diversity in admissions

Bloomberg Opinion October 7, 2019

The Baker Library of the Harvard Business School stands on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University, established in 1636, is the United States’ oldest institution of higher learning. (Bloomberg file photo)

It’s no surprise that a federal judge has held that Harvard University doesn’t discriminate against Asian Americans in its admissions.

Commentary: What the law says about Ukraine phone call

Bloomberg Opinion September 25, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reads a statement announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday in Washington. (AP photo)

What makes Trump’s alleged conduct so terrible is not that he froze aid to Ukraine for a policy purpose.

Commentary: British courts flex all-American muscles

Bloomberg Opinion September 18, 2019

Demonstrators hold placards and flags outside the Supreme Court in London on Wednesday. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended Parliament on Sept. 9. (AP photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain’s Supreme Court started a pivotal hearing related to Brexit.

Commentary: Trump asylum victory may only be temporary

Bloomberg Opinion September 13, 2019

In this Aug. 30 photo, asylum seekers walk by an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico. (AP file photo)

Donald Trump says that the Supreme Court has given him a big win on asylum. Don’t be so sure.

Commentary: Rule of law finally prevails over U.S. ‘watch list’

Bloomberg Opinion September 11, 2019

This June 9 photo shows the TSA security checkpoint in Pittsburgh International’s Landside terminal in Imperial, Pennsylvania. (AP file photo)

A federal district court in Virginia has held that the government must give people on the Terrorist Screening Database the opportunity to challenge the evidence that put them there.