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Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow. Nick Hentoff is a criminal defense and civil liberties attorney in New York City.
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The Constitution's perennial promise

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- Editor's note: This is Nat Hentoff's last regular syndicated column. Read Joseph Farah's tribute to Hentoff. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's recent refusal to stand for the more…

Sheriff Joe: America's toughest defendant

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow's recent decision to refer Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for prosecution on criminal contempt charges brought a strong reaction from Arizona defense more…

Obama's epic failure to curb gun violence

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- While President Obama is playing golf on Martha's Vineyard, disinterred coffins are floating down the streets of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. More than 20,000 people have been evacuated from more…

America must have national policing standards

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- Does the U.S. Justice Department have a form template it uses when reporting on its civil rights investigations of police departments? It sure seems like it does. Because more…

Is Trump scared of pocket Constitutions?

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- Donald Trump is afraid of the U.S. Constitution. That's the only conclusion that can be drawn from his reaction to the silent protesters who were ejected from his more…

How Obama abandoned American ethos of justice

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general more…

Rudy's racist rants

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- It was one of the biggest riots in New York City history. As many as 10,000 demonstrators blocked traffic in downtown Manhattan on Sept. 16, 1992. Reporters and more…

Comey's Clinton probe deja vu all over again

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- When James Comey announced his decision not to recommend the prosecution of Hillary Clinton for the misuse of classified information, it was not his first investigation of Clinton more…

Trump's shape-shifting policies

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- Someone entirely unfamiliar with American politics might think that a Trump pivot is an exceedingly rare, seldom-seen bird; or, perhaps, an exotic flower that only blooms once every more…

ACLU fights infantile House Dems

by Nat Hentoff and Nick Hentoff -- What a difference two months makes. In April, we offered harsh criticism of the national ACLU's opposition to important due process criminal justice reforms pending in Congress. At more…