Article: Justice Elena Kagan?

Published: May 10, 2010

For more than a month, ever since Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he would be stepping down from his high court position...

Article: Would Scalia Strike Down 2257 on Fourth Amendment Grounds?

Published: June 06, 2013

Reading through the types of cases in which the supposed ideological extremes on the Court have worked together to affirm the cherished values...

Article: High Court Justices Ponder the Meaning and Scope of 'Indecency'

Published: January 23, 2012

As adult industry members and fans are quite aware by now, "obscenity" is illegal to sell although legal to possess, at least according to the U....

Article: Law & Disorder: The Courts' Schizo View of Sexual Speech

Published: October 17, 2011

The following is AVN Senior Editor Mark Kernes' contribution to the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance's State of Sexual Freedom in the United...

Article: USSC: Violent Video Games Don't Harm Minors—But Sex Does!

Published: June 27, 2011

Anyone who thought the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association—the "violent video game" case—was anything other...

Article: Surprise! Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Its Least Ethical

Published: November 23, 2010

For all the scorn heaped upon recently retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, and all the left-baiting rhetoric used to detract from...

Article: Will Ira Isaacs Be Justice Stevens' Last Case?

Published: May 24, 2010

For a guy whom some have described as "not really a part of the adult industry," Ira Isaacs may find himself responsible for a slew of positive...

Article: Justice John Paul Stevens, Supporter of Free Speech, To Retire

Published: April 09, 2010

Article: Senate Judiciary Committee Votes To Confirm Ogden

Published: February 26, 2009

The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary today voted 14-5 to send David Ogden's nomination as Deputy Attorney General to the full Senate for...

Article: Editorial: The New Day At DOJ

Published: February 10, 2009

AVN Senior Editor Mark Kernes looks at President Obama's legal nominees.