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Noah Feldman
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Blame the House, Not the Constitution, for the Speaker Mess
October 19, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: On the surface, the gridlock caused by the Republican Party’s failure to elect a speaker of the House of Representatives…
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Rappaport Forum talks First Amendment limits of content moderation, ‘lawful but awful’ speech on social media
September 27, 2023
At HLS Rappaport Forum, legal experts debated the balance between the free speech rights of users, platforms, and the government
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Supreme Court Can Let West Point Keep Affirmative Action
September 21, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: It’s rare for a lawsuit to be invited by the Supreme Court. But that’s the background to the case brought…
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Supreme Court Should Let the Bully Pulpit Keep Some Muscle
September 20, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court is gearing up for a ruling on whether the Biden administration may directly speak to executives at…
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Republican Impeachment Inquiry Marks Low Point in History
September 14, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The decision by the House Republican leadership to open an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden — without any evidence of…
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The big diversity problem that no one wants to publicly admit
August 28, 2023
Thanks to a Supreme Court ruling in June, colleges and universities can no longer consider race in admissions. Many academics believe that this same criteria…
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Alas, Trump Is Still Eligible to Run for Office
August 21, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: A law review article claiming that Donald Trump is automatically disqualified from holding elected office is getting attention in large…
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Trump and SBF Face Speech Limits as Criminal Defendants
August 17, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: What limits can a court place on a defendant’s free speech while he is out on bail pending trial? This…
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Ditch the Special Counsel. Bring Back the Independent Counsel.
August 15, 2023
An op-ed written by Noah Feldman: The two federal criminal prosecutions most in the news right now — of Donald Trump and Hunter Biden —…
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Congress Should Pass a Law Against Election Interference
August 8, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of former president Donald Trump correctly charges that he unlawfully tried to subvert the 2020…
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Trump Indictment Defends America’s Battered Democracy
August 2, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: This is the big one: the first time the Department of Justice has ever indicted a former president for subverting…
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Biden lawyer who defended affirmative action grapples with diversity in her own office
July 24, 2023
When Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar defended college affirmative action programs before the Supreme Court in October, she cited the lack of diversity in a…
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As Justices Snipe, Supreme Court’s Image Suffers
July 17, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court justices are getting testy with one another. As the court’s conservative revolution proceeds, the tone of the…
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What’s the Future of Gay Rights? More Lawsuits
July 11, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, in which the court created a free-speech based exemption from the…
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Which Corporate Diversity Efforts Are Now Illegal?
July 6, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s landmark affirmative action ruling ending race-conscious college admissions has sparked a new debate: Does it curtail companies…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s conservative judicial revolution is taking on a recognizable, three-pronged structure. On big-ticket, hot button issues, like abortion…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In a defeat for equal rights, the Supreme Court has ruled that a Christian website designer may refuse to make…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In a major rebuff to the Biden administration, the Supreme Court has struck down, 6-3, the $430 billion student loan…
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Editorial by Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law: Affirmative action died today at the hands of the Supreme Court’s conservative constitutional revolution. In a…
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Supreme Court Was Sensibly Conservative on Tribal Rights
June 16, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion for the Supreme Court in Haaland v. Brackeen is conservative in the good, old-fashioned…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: When the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that an Alabama redistricting map violated the Voting Rights Act — thus declining…