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Ronald Sullivan
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Trump trial should be televised
August 10, 2023
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted in 2015 of killing four people and given the death sentence, but unless you squeezed into the courtroom,…
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Did Trump really believe he had won?
August 8, 2023
Special counsel Jack Smith, J.D. ’94, filed an indictment against former President Donald Trump last week for his role in efforts to overturn the 2020…
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In accusing former President Donald J. Trump of conspiring to subvert American democracy, the special counsel, Jack Smith, charged the same story three different ways.
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All charges have been dropped against a US Secret Service employee and driver for former first lady Michelle Obama who was charged with criminal harassment…
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A Brooklyn federal judge said Wednesday that Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson’s latest counsel switch ahead of trial on charges that he engaged in a…
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As he prepares to graduate, Rehan Staton gives thanks for sacrifices by his dad, brother, and help from pals, professors — and Tyler Perry.
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Experts say Trump prosecution far from sure thing
April 5, 2023
The juxtaposition could hardly be starker. In one of the most consequential prosecutions in the country’s history, the alleged criminal acts are based on routine…
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Mayors get personal over coffee and eggs
March 13, 2023
For Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the galvanizing event was a family health emergency. For Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, it was picking up from failure and…
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Sullivan, Criminal Justice Institute part of suit against Florida’s migrant relocation program
December 9, 2022
A lawsuit joined by Ronald Sullivan Jr. and Harvard Law School's Criminal Justice Institute alleges that a plan by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to move asylum seekers to Massachusetts violated the Constitution.
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Harvard lawyer suing Ron DeSantis over Martha’s Vineyard migrants said briefs could also be used in Texas
December 7, 2022
A coalition of immigrants’ rights groups filed a lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his Department of Transportation secretary in response to their sending…
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‘In pursuit of an atmosphere in which ideas can be followed without fear that you’ll be punished’
December 6, 2022
Professors Jeannie Suk Gersen and Janet Halley lead the Academic Freedom Alliance, an organization that protects the rights of faculty to speak or publish without fear of sanction or punishment.
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Groups sue Florida officials over migrant relocation program
December 5, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials are being sued in federal court by immigrant rights groups who challenge the constitutionality of the state’s migrant…
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SPLC, Harvard Law Sue DeSantis Over Migrant Relocation
December 2, 2022
Three immigration rights groups, represented by Southern Poverty Law Center and a Harvard Law School organization, sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in federal court Thursday,…
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What will one-party rule mean for Massachusetts?
November 14, 2022
Massachusetts Democrats couldn’t have asked for a better week. The party recaptured the governorship, swept the statewide offices, maintained its dominance of the state Legislature,…
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Musk’s celebrity lawyer now plays key role in Twitter overhaul
November 7, 2022
A year ago, attorney Alex Spiro helped rapper Jay-Z win a lawsuit over perfume royalties. This week, he was part of a team that fired…
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Justice for the ‘foremother of the reparations movement’
September 21, 2022
Advocates at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School lead an effort to obtain a presidential posthumous pardon for Callie House, a formerly enslaved woman and early civil rights hero.
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Obama tells Harvard team basketball was about more than him
September 12, 2022
The Washington Post – Former President Barack Obama told the Harvard men’s basketball team on Friday that the sport taught him “it wasn’t just about…
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A federal judge’s extraordinary decision on Monday to interject in the criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s hoarding of sensitive government documents at…