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
- KSM Trial: A Confederacy for Dunces
The Right Sees a Grand, Anti-Bush Conspiracy; Does Any One Remember That They Created This Mess?
- 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
- Young Lives, Long Sentences
Andrew Cohen Explains the Upcoming Supreme Court Hearing Over Life Sentences Given to Juveniles
- The Trick Was On Us
What's Really Scary About the Latest Revelations About Madoff, Cheney and Torture Is That We Aren't Shocked
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Advantage to Feds as Zazi Case Expands
Andrew Cohen: Federal Prosecutors Provide More Details Than Other Recent Terror Cases
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Bagram Rules
Andrew Cohen: The Obama Administration Changed the Status of Afghan Detainees Without Fixing the Underlying Issues
- Look To The List
Andrew Cohen: Poetry And Meaning In The Names Of The 9/11 Dead
- Joe Wilson's War
Andrew Cohen Says Americans Would Benefit from Seeing Political Opponents Confront One Another Face to Face
- Sonia's Featured Role in 'Hillary: The Movie'
Supreme Court to Hold Rare September Arguments in Important Campaign Finance Case
- 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
- CIA Report: Into Holder's Looking Glass
How Will The Obama Administration Treat Those Suspected of Carrying Out Torture?
- 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
- Deciphering the Rhetoric Over the Attorney Firings
Andrew Cohen: What They Say and What They Mean When Speaking About the Years-Old Scandal
- Sotomayor Confirmation an "Easy One" for White House
Andrew Cohen: With a Filibuster-Proof Democratic Senate, Sotomayor Confirmation No Surprise
- Weak Detainee Case Begets Strong Ruling
Andrew Cohen: Decision in Khalid Al Mutairi Case Draws Back Curtain to Status of Gitmo Prisoners
- Rove Goes One-for-Two in Game of Spin
Andrew Cohen: Attorney Firings Case Summed Up Differently in Washington Post, New York Times Stories
- Jackson's Role May Determine Doctor's Charges
Andrew Cohen Examines the Issues Surrounding a Possible Criminal Case in Michael Jackson's Death
- Senator Grassley's Curious Journey
Andrew Cohen: Iowa Republican Will Vote Against Sotomayor, His First "No" for Supreme Court Confirmation in 29 years
- The Return of the Answerman
The Week in the Law: Andrew Cohen Takes a Look at Some Controversial Topics Currently in the News
- Top 10 Things I Learned at the Sotomayor Hearings
Andrew Cohen Reflects on the Things He Learned Through Four Days of Confirmation Hearings
- Sotomayor Confirmation a Done Deal
Andrew Cohen: Nominee Successfully Spoke at Great Length in Serious Tones Without Saying Anything at All
- After 2 Days, Sotomayor Still Standing
Andrew Cohen: By Design, Nominee's Stance on Almost All Issues Remains Unclear
- More of the Same for Sotomayor
Andrew Cohen: Senators Pressing Judge on Issues Previously Discussed, Nomination Still on Track
- Sotomayor Keeping Her Cool
Andrew Cohen: As Questions Continue at Senate Hearing for Supreme Court Nominee, Sotomayor Remains Calm
- Republicans Aren't Sold on "Wise Latina" Explanation
Andrew Cohen: Although Sotomayor Gave Her Best Explanation So Far, GOP Still Skeptical
- Sotomayor Goes to Rope-a-Dope Strategy
Andrew Cohen: Nominee Has Consistently Refused To Remotely Answer When Asked About Issues
- 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
- 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
- Sotomayor Hearings: Live Video and Analysis
CBS News Legal Analysis Andrew Cohen Provides Live Running Commentary of the Senate Supreme Court Nomination Hearing
- Sotomayor's Confirmation To-Do List
Andrew Cohen: Supreme Court Nominee's Senate Confirmation is Almost Assured, but She Still Has Work To Do
- Professor Alberto Gonzales?
Andrew Cohen: Students Should Ask the Former Attorney General About Scandals During His Time in Washington
- Obama Waffles on Indefinite Detention
Andrew Cohen: President Is Letting Down Many by Talking About Continuing Endless Confinement for Detainees
- Supreme Court Term in Review
Court Continues Rightward Sail; Confirmation of Sonya Sotomayor Unlikely To Alter The Court's Ideological Balance
- 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"
- 150-Year Madoff Sentence Is "Symbolic"
Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen Says He Is Shocked By Such A Long
- Tie Goes to Kennedy In Ricci Case
Andrew Cohen: Affirmative Action Case Decided In Favor Of Firefighters, But It Is Not A Landmark Case
- Sotomayor Overturned In Firefighters Case
Andrew Cohen: It's An Embarrassment, But It's Important To Note That Four Justices Agreed With Her
- 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
- Andrew Cohen On Supreme Court Decisions
CBS News Legal Analyst Discusses Strip Search Ruling, Previews Firefighter Case
- Thomas Strips Sense From Search
Andrew Cohen: The Strip Search Other Justices Call "Abusive" And "Humiliating" Brings No Disdain From Justice Thomas
- 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
Bill to Rewrite 4-Decade-Old Student Loan Program Piggybacks to House Passage on Insurance Overhaul
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House Approves Senate Version Health Care Bill in 219-212 Vote, Now Heads to Obama for Signature
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Debates Rages Over Health Care Bill as Democratic Leaders Express Confidence They Will Have the Votes to Pass Bill Tonight
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Hundreds Express Opposition Outside House Chamber as the Debate Goes On
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Demonstrators Take to National Mall to Call for Overhaul of Immigration System, Hope to Pressure Congress to Take Action
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Senate Minority Leader McConnell on What Republicans Want to Do With Health Care Reform
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Assistant Majority Leader Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) on How Senate Democrats Will Pass Health Care
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As Health Reform Comes to a Vote, Riding on Outcome Is Coverage, Premiums, Deficits ... and a Presidency
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House Democrats Confident Ahead of Today's Vote, But Majority Whip James Clyburn Won't Reveal Vote Count on "Face the Nation"
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Congressman Says He Heard "the N-word" 15 Times While Navigating Through Protest; Gay Slurs Hurled at Rep. Barney Frank
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