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Law And Order

  1. whodunnit
    Which January Detective Is Right for You?Grizzled sad-sack detectives, committed-to-the-greater-good detectives, animated parody detectives … The gang’s all here!
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  2. early and often
    Stats Don’t Back Up Republicans’ Crime-Wave RhetoricTurns out violent crime was down in 2022, and it’s a lot lower than it was in earlier decades.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. law and order
    Jury Sides With Gwyneth Paltrow in Ski Trial of the CenturyPaltrow will be awarded $1 in damages.
    By Charu Sinha
  4. the system
    How Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Trumped JusticeThree years after the George Floyd protests, environmental activists are being charged as terrorists.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  5. party report
    Benjamin Bratt Has More Fun Playing the Bad GuyHe portrays a merciless head of security menacing Natasha Lyonne on Peacock’s Poker Face.
    By Bethy Squires
  6. a long talk
    ‘If You Need to Throw Anyone Under the Bus, Let It Be Me’Kelli Giddish joined SVU in 2011 as Olivia Benson’s new partner. She departs a beloved figure in her own right.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  7. dun dun
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Is Down a Detective As Kelli Giddish ExitsHow could they possibly write Rollins out?
    By Jason P. Frank
  8. rip
    Paul Sorvino, GoodFellas and Dick Tracy Actor, Dead at 83Known for acting as a mob boss in GoodFellas, Sorvino also loved his family, poetry, and opera.
    By Jason P. Frank
  9. crime
    Law & Order: Organized Crime Crew Member Shot and Killed On Set31-year-old Johnny Pizarro worked on the parking detail in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
    By Zoe Guy
  10. 2022 midterms
    Apathy, Not Law and Order, Was the Big Winner in California’s PrimaryNotwithstanding the recall of Chesa Boudin and temporary success of Rick Caruso, anti-crime sentiment didn’t dominate Tuesday’s races.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. rip
    Bruce MacVittie, New York Theater Mainstay, Dead at 65MacVittie got his big break playing opposite Al Pacino in American Buffalo.
    By Bethy Squires
  12. dun dun
    20 Essential Episodes of Law & OrderGuest stars, “ripped from the headlines” plots, and of course one-liners.
    By Lillian Brown
  13. kyle rittenhouse trial
    Kyle Rittenhouse’s Defense Was Strong. It’s Also a Threat to the Rule of Law.The shooter’s claims of self-defense are legally plausible. But they also expose the anarchy latent in America’s lax gun laws and vigilante culture.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. tv
    NBC’s Law & Order Revival Tracks Down a Lead in Jeffrey DonovanSeason 21 of the crime drama premieres on February 24, 2022.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  15. tv
    Law & Order Revived by NBC for Season 21Dun dun!
    By Charu Sinha
  16. 2021 special elections
    Democrat Wins Big in New Mexico Special Congressional ElectionRepublicans may still flip the House in 2022, but this year’s special elections don’t indicate that a GOP wave is building.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. politics
    The Fateful Question of How Latinos Vote Going ForwardTrump and his party over-performed with Latino voters in 2020. It’s important for both parties to figure whether that was a fluke or a trend.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. dun dun
    Christopher Meloni Is Glad You Like His ‘Big Boy’ AssWe’re looking … respectfully.
    By Devon Ivie
  19. the system
    The Law Is Not Made for Breonna TaylorAnd its capacity to deliver justice is functionally null.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  20. politics
    The Case for ConsequencesFor the Republic to survive Trump’s presidency, he must be tried for his crimes. Even if that sparks a constitutional crisis of its own.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. republican national convention
    Why the RNC Must Claim Biden Will Make Life Even WorseTrump can’t run on his record or second-term agenda, so his only play is to rail against “American carnage” — even though he’s the incumbent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. vision 2020
    Trump’s Latest Pitch to Suburbs: Demonizing CitiesTrump hopes to frighten suburbanites about cities as sources of violence, crime, and lower home values. But it probably won’t work.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. dun dun
    Details About Christopher Meloni’s New Law & Order Show? In This Climate?Detective Stabler will return after a “devastating personal loss.”
    By Devon Ivie
  24. police reform
    Trump Signs Police Reform Executive Order, But Calls for More ‘Law and Order’The president’s rambling remarks about his modest police reform executive order left the impression that his heart wasn’t quite in it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. what’s past is prologue
    Trump Is Reviving the Disgraceful Legacy of ‘Law-and-Order’ PoliticsTrump’s rhetoric echos Nixon and Reagan — but unlike his predecessors, he’s incapable of posing as a force for unity as well as repression.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. george floyd protests
    Christian Right Leaders Loved Trump’s Bible Photo OpTrump showed he’s willing to impose godly order on his — and white conservative Evangelicals’ — cultural enemies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. veepstakes
    The ‘Law and Order’ TrapSome Democrats are agitating for Biden to try to get to the right of the Republican Party on crime. They shouldn’t.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  28. we needed this
    Your Daddy Elliot Stabler Is Coming Back to TVYes.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  29. environment
    On the Upper West Side, a One-Man War Against Air PollutionGeorge Pakenham takes matters into his own hands when he finds parked cars and trucks with their engines running.
    By Elizabeth Royte
  30. Mike Pence Praises Notorious Criminal As Champion of the ‘Rule of Law’The vice-president gave that title to Joe Arpaio — who tortured inmates, violated court orders, and framed an innocent man for attempted murder.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. celebrity politicians
    This Law & Order: SVU Star Is Running for CongressDiane Neal (a.k.a. Casey Novak) is running for a New York congressional seat.
    By Sarah Spellings
  32. tv review
    Law & Order True Crime: Menendez Murders Is a DudThe result plays like the longest, soggiest L&O episode ever.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  33. law and order
    Casey Anthony ‘Sleeps Pretty Good At Night’ 6 Years After Murder TrialAmerica’s “most hated mom” speaks out about her daughter’s murder for the first time.
    By Anna Silman
  34. how simple can anything be?
    Watching Trump Try to Puzzle Out What ‘Asset Forfeiture’ Means Is DiscomfitingWithin about 60 seconds he goes from having no idea what something is, to developing strong feelings about it, to being outraged anyone disagrees.
    By Jesse Singal
  35. the tv industry
    Law & Order: SVU’s Donald Trump Episode Has Its Airdate Postponed Again[Dun dun.]
    By Devon Ivie
  36. law and order
    The ACLU Will Temporarily Defend Alleged Chelsea Bomber Ahmad Khan RahamiThe ACLU called his lack of representation “extremely disturbing.”
    By Charley Lanyon
  37. law and order
    Man Arrested for Setting Fire to Mosque Where Pulse Shooter WorshippedThreats against the mosque have become commonplace.
    By Charley Lanyon
  38. law and order
    Obama Shortens the Sentences of 111 Drug OffendersObama has reduced jail time for 637 people so far.
    By Charley Lanyon
  39. law and order
    This Rape Bill Will Close the Loophole That Let Brock Turner Off So EasilyBrock Turner will be released from jail this Friday.
    By Charley Lanyon
  40. law and order
    Brothers Charged in Shooting of Innocent Bystander, NBA Star’s CousinThe brothers were both “documented gang members.”
    By Charley Lanyon
  41. law and order
    U.S. Court Finds Russian Lawmaker’s Son Guilty of Hacking, Identity TheftProsecutors say he is “one of the most prolific credit card traffickers in history.”
    By Charley Lanyon
  42. Trump’s Appeal to Black Voters Was Actually Directed at White VotersHe deserves credit for reaching out. But the more you look at what he said, the clearer it is whom he was talking to.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. courts
    Director Jace Alexander Sentenced for Child PornHe pleaded guilty in January.
    By Nate Jones
  44. 2016 presidential campaign
    How Every NYC TV Character Would Vote in the New York State PrimaryWho wins the pivotal Friends demographic?
    By Nate Jones and Vulture Editors
  45. freebies
    Law & Order’s First 5 Episodes Are Now Streaming for Free on Sundance.TVFor the rest of the month.
    By Josef Adalian
  46. law and order
    Bill Cosby’s Wife Will Be Deposed in Defamation CaseThe deposition is scheduled to occur February 22.
    By Jessica Roy
  47. law and order
    De Blasio Versus the Judges in Howard Case“I would suggest that the mayor look into a mirror.”
    By Nathan Pemberton
  48. law and order
    Judge Dismisses Taylor Swift Lawsuit Using Taylor Swift LyricsSome people will go so far for a chance to join the squad.
    By Jessica Roy
  49. law enforcement
    Police Seizing More Money Than Ever “[Eighty-seven percent] of the time the conviction appears to be irrelevant”
    By Nathan Pemberton
  50. law and order
    Police Arrest Estranged Husband of Millionaire Money Manager for Her 2009 MurderHer 9-year-old daughter found her dead in the tub on the Upper West Side. She’d been strangled.
    By Eric Levitz
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