Commentary: Black Lives Matter is more important than ever

Bloomberg Opinion August 21, 2019

Gwen Carr, center, the mother of chokehold victim Eric Garner, attends a news conference after New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill announced his decision to fire officer Daniel Pantaleo on Monday. (AP photo)

It’s worth noting the strangeness of the way the legal system has applied to Garner’s death.

Commentary: Taking 8chan offline raises free speech issues

Bloomberg Opinion August 7, 2019

Should there be some place on the Internet where even the most repellent, vile discussion is allowed?

Commentary: Trump and Mueller were both victims of rules

Bloomberg Opinion July 31, 2019

Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr holds a copy of his report while testifying Nov. 19, 1998, before the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Appointed by a special committee of federal judges, and essentially impossible to fire, Starr took the widest possible view of what he should investigate. (AP file photo)

It’s become clear to me that the problems go back even further: The regulations governing the appointment of a special counsel doomed Mueller’s investigation from the start.

Commentary: Stevens was brilliant and unafraid of change

Bloomberg Opinion July 17, 2019

President Barack Obama awards former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29, 2012, in the East Room of the White House. (AP file photo)

The career of Justice John Paul Stevens stands as a reminder of the U.S. Supreme Court of an earlier era.

Commentary: What will Republicans do if they win Obamacare suit?

Bloomberg Opinion July 10, 2019

Neither in the White House nor on Capitol Hill are they prepared for the possibility.

Commentary: Courts still don’t understand Trump’s Twitter feed

Bloomberg Opinion July 10, 2019

President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed is nothing whatsoever like the public forums to which the courts have applied the First Amendment in the past, says columnist Noah Feldman. (AP file photo)

The reality, however, is that Trump’s Twitter account isn’t his private property or a government-controlled space. It’s property controlled by Twitter.