For technology companies, information about what people do online is extremely valuable – it can be used to sell targeted advertising or sold to data clearinghouses. Adam Cohen Read Quote
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. Adam Cohen Read Quote
Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets have a great deal of information about all of us – and the government wants to be able to see it. Adam Cohen Read Quote
Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right – and the national government should protect it. Adam Cohen Read Quote
Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic – including blacks, hispanics and students. Adam Cohen Read Quote
There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the polls. Adam Cohen Read Quote
The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously. Adam Cohen Read Quote
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. Adam Cohen Read Quote
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama’s first term. Adam Cohen Read Quote