Courtwatch
Banging The Final Gavel At Courtwatch Andrew Cohen Says Goodbye After a Decade of CourtWatch Columns With a Look Back at the Major Legal Stories Over the Last 10 Years
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- KSM Trial: A Confederacy for Dunces
The Right Sees a Grand, Anti-Bush Conspiracy; Does Any One Remember That They Created This Mess?
Read Blog - What Could Go Wrong at KSM Trial, and How to Avoid It
Andrew Cohen: Trial of Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Has the Potential to Turn into a Legal or Political Mess
Read Blog - Young Lives, Long Sentences
Andrew Cohen Explains the Upcoming Supreme Court Hearing Over Life Sentences Given to Juveniles
Read Blog - The Trick Was On Us
What's Really Scary About the Latest Revelations About Madoff, Cheney and Torture Is That We Aren't Shocked
Read Blog - New Pot Policy Is Not Yet a Turning Point
Andrew Cohen: Obama Administration Pronouncement Amounts to This: If You Smoke It, We Won't Come
Read Blog - L'Affaire Balloon Boy
Hoax or Not, the Sheriff's Office Investigating a Missing 6-Year-Old Might Want to Send Their Officers Back to Detective School
Read Blog - New York the Wrong Place for Mohammed Trial
Andrew Cohen: It Could be Tough for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind to Get an Unbiased Trial in Post-9/11 New York
Read Blog - Supreme Court Preview: An Odd and Incomplete Tableau
Andrew Cohen Looks Ahead to the Big Cases to be Decided During the Supreme Court's Upcoming Term
Read Blog - Advantage to Feds as Zazi Case Expands
Andrew Cohen: Federal Prosecutors Provide More Details Than Other Recent Terror Cases
Read Blog - The Latest Drafts of the History of Torture
Andrew Cohen: A Clearer Picture Is Emerging of the Legal and Political Path of Bush Administration Detainee Policy
Read Blog - Snazzy Zazi Plot But No Terror Charges
Many Questions Remain in the Investigation of the Zazis
Read Blog - Texas Court Whitewashes Conflict of Interest Case
Andrew Cohen Lambastes Texas Appeals Court for Rejecting Charles Dean Hood's Appeal Despite Admitted Affair by Judge and Prosecutor
Read Blog - Can Ohio Execute the Same Man Twice?
Romell Broom's Team of executioners Couldn't Find a Usable Vein, and now he sits in Legal Limbo
Read Blog - The Bagram Rules
Andrew Cohen: The Obama Administration Changed the Status of Afghan Detainees Without Fixing the Underlying Issues
Read Blog - Look To The List
Andrew Cohen: Poetry And Meaning In The Names Of The 9/11 Dead
Read Blog - Joe Wilson's War
Andrew Cohen Says Americans Would Benefit from Seeing Political Opponents Confront One Another Face to Face
Read Blog - Sonia's Featured Role in 'Hillary: The Movie'
Supreme Court to Hold Rare September Arguments in Important Campaign Finance Case
Read Blog - 10 Things About the CIA's Bad Day
Andrew Cohen: What to Look for in the Aftermath of CIA Report, Announcement of New Interrogation Unit
Read Blog - CIA Report: Into Holder's Looking Glass
How Will The Obama Administration Treat Those Suspected of Carrying Out Torture?
Read Blog - Anti-Empathy, Anti-Judge Goes on Trial
Andrew Cohen: Sharon Keller Is an Example of What Happens When Judges Act Without Empathy, Compassion or Common Sense
Read Blog - Deciphering the Rhetoric Over the Attorney Firings
Andrew Cohen: What They Say and What They Mean When Speaking About the Years-Old Scandal
Read Blog - White House Sliding Back on Signing Statements
Much-Maligned Bush Tactic Used in Obama White House
Read Blog - Sotomayor Confirmation an "Easy One" for White House
Andrew Cohen: With a Filibuster-Proof Democratic Senate, Sotomayor Confirmation No Surprise
Read Blog - Weak Detainee Case Begets Strong Ruling
Andrew Cohen: Decision in Khalid Al Mutairi Case Draws Back Curtain to Status of Gitmo Prisoners
Read Blog - Rove Goes One-for-Two in Game of Spin
Andrew Cohen: Attorney Firings Case Summed Up Differently in Washington Post, New York Times Stories
Read Blog - Jackson's Role May Determine Doctor's Charges
Andrew Cohen Examines the Issues Surrounding a Possible Criminal Case in Michael Jackson's Death
Read Blog - Senator Grassley's Curious Journey
Andrew Cohen: Iowa Republican Will Vote Against Sotomayor, His First "No" for Supreme Court Confirmation in 29 years
Read Blog - The Return of the Answerman
The Week in the Law: Andrew Cohen Takes a Look at Some Controversial Topics Currently in the News
Read Blog - Top 10 Things I Learned at the Sotomayor Hearings
Andrew Cohen Reflects on the Things He Learned Through Four Days of Confirmation Hearings
Read Blog - Sotomayor Confirmation a Done Deal
Andrew Cohen: Nominee Successfully Spoke at Great Length in Serious Tones Without Saying Anything at All
Read Blog - After 2 Days, Sotomayor Still Standing
Andrew Cohen: By Design, Nominee's Stance on Almost All Issues Remains Unclear
Read Blog - More of the Same for Sotomayor
Andrew Cohen: Senators Pressing Judge on Issues Previously Discussed, Nomination Still on Track
Read Blog - Sotomayor Keeping Her Cool
Andrew Cohen: As Questions Continue at Senate Hearing for Supreme Court Nominee, Sotomayor Remains Calm
Read Blog - Republicans Aren't Sold on "Wise Latina" Explanation
Andrew Cohen: Although Sotomayor Gave Her Best Explanation So Far, GOP Still Skeptical
Read Blog - Sotomayor Goes to Rope-a-Dope Strategy
Andrew Cohen: Nominee Has Consistently Refused To Remotely Answer When Asked About Issues
Read Blog - Analysis: Sotomayor Has Been Very Cautious
Andrew Cohen: Supreme Court Nominee Hasn't Made Any Mistakes as she Touches on Almost All the Hot Button Issues
Read Blog - Sotomayor Hearings Update: Is She a Prop for Larger Fight?
In Confirmation Hearings, Dems Say She’s Moderate and Modest, but GOP Says She’s Dangerous and Partial
Read Blog - Sotomayor Hearings: Live Video and Analysis
CBS News Legal Analysis Andrew Cohen Provides Live Running Commentary of the Senate Supreme Court Nomination Hearing
Read Blog - Sotomayor's Confirmation To-Do List
Andrew Cohen: Supreme Court Nominee's Senate Confirmation is Almost Assured, but She Still Has Work To Do
Read Blog - Professor Alberto Gonzales?
Andrew Cohen: Students Should Ask the Former Attorney General About Scandals During His Time in Washington
Read Blog - Obama Waffles on Indefinite Detention
Andrew Cohen: President Is Letting Down Many by Talking About Continuing Endless Confinement for Detainees
Read Blog - Supreme Court Term in Review
Court Continues Rightward Sail; Confirmation of Sonya Sotomayor Unlikely To Alter The Court's Ideological Balance
Read Blog - Madoff Sentence "Legally Suspect And Grossly Unfair"
Andrew Cohen: Judge's 150-Year Sentence For Ponzi Scheme Is The "Judicial Equivalent Of A Cheap Shot"
Read Blog - 150-Year Madoff Sentence Is "Symbolic"
Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen Says He Is Shocked By Such A Long
Read Blog - Tie Goes to Kennedy In Ricci Case
Andrew Cohen: Affirmative Action Case Decided In Favor Of Firefighters, But It Is Not A Landmark Case
Read Blog - Sotomayor Overturned In Firefighters Case
Andrew Cohen: It's An Embarrassment, But It's Important To Note That Four Justices Agreed With Her
Read Blog - Michael Jackson's Trial: You Had To Be There
CBS News Legal Analyst's Recap Of The Infamous Trial In A 2005 Denver Post Article
Read Blog - Andrew Cohen On Supreme Court Decisions
CBS News Legal Analyst Discusses Strip Search Ruling, Previews Firefighter Case
Read Blog - Thomas Strips Sense From Search
Andrew Cohen: The Strip Search Other Justices Call "Abusive" And "Humiliating" Brings No Disdain From Justice Thomas
Read Blog - Voting Rights Challenge Ends With Whimper
Andrew Cohen: Supreme Court Justices Have Long Put Off Dealing With Big Fundamental Questions They Don't Want To Address
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Lawmakers Bicker Over Reform Package; Obama to Attend Democratic Caucus Meeting Sunday
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Democrat Bill White Drops Senate Campaign, Turns Aims Towards Statehouse
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Says "Muslim" President's TV Speech on Afghan War Was Scheduled to Block "Charlie Brown Christmas" Cartoon
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Montana Democrat Was in Relationship With Woman He Nominated for U.S. Attorney Post; She Later Withdrew From Consideration
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Memphis-Area Mayor Russell Wiseman Writes on Facebook That President Purposely Blocked "The Charlie Brown Christmas Special"
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President Tours Metal Plant as Part of Economic Tour, Hails Improved Economic Numbers; Plans to Unveil Jobs Plan Tuesday
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Citing Progress on Climate Talks, the White House Announced President Obama will Attend the End of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit this Month, Instead of the Beginning
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Eric Cantor Suggests President's Possible Push for Use of Bailout Money for New Jobs Bill Would Break the Law
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Derailed Talks Were Scheduled to Happen in Early December in Havana; Both Sides Blaming Other for Delay
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Questions From Audience at Lehigh Carbon Community College Range From Drug Legalization to Help With G.I. Benefits
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