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DOJ Legal Delays Slow Environmental Cases and Frustrate Lawyers
October 9, 2025
Staff shortages, turnover, and new priorities at the Department of Justice are stretching legal staff handling environmental issues and causing unusual delays—even before the government…
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The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s newfound Republican edge could benefit fossil fuel plants and further streamline permitting of natural gas infrastructure, industry observers told…
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The future of white-collar work may be unionized
October 8, 2025
Danielle Olivas never questioned her job security as a bank teller for Wells Fargo until her district manager in Artesia, New Mexico — who had…
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Animal abusers are getting off easy
October 8, 2025
If someone illegally double parks in a one-way street and a cop walks by, the expectation is that they’d get fined. Similarly, you’d think that…
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This Will Be the Supreme Court’s Most Consequential Term Yet
October 7, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court term that begins on Monday is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in modern…
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Last year, in the months before the 2024 presidential election, the magazine surveyed 50 members of what might be called the Washington legal establishment about…
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Apple and Google block apps that crowdsource ICE sightings. Some warn of chilling effects.
October 7, 2025
Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly…
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Massachusetts is once again on the front lines of the debate over access to abortion after federal officials initiated a review of mifepristone, the most…
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There’s a time for everything. This isn’t the time to make reliable information about the markets and the economy even harder to find. With a…
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The Trump administration’s extraordinary pace of emergency appeals to the Supreme Court is straining the judiciary. Eight months into President Trump’s second term, the administration…
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How Broken Politics Breaks Courts
October 2, 2025
Last month, Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was convicted of plotting a coup. He received 27 years in prison and was barred from running for…
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Russell Vought has been planning for this moment for years. President Trump’s budget chief—one of the main players in the government shutdown that has ground…
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Apple removes ICEBlock app from App Store
October 2, 2025
Apple has removed ICEBlock, an app that allowed users to monitor and report the location of immigration enforcement officers, from the App Store. “We created…
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Jill Lepore – “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show
October 1, 2025
“Just because we’ve written [the laws] down doesn’t mean that we can’t aspire to make things better.” Harvard law professor and staff writer at The…
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Judge Issues Rebuke of ‘Bullying’ Trump in Free Speech Case
October 1, 2025
The Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students and academics violated the First Amendment by targeting them for expressing their political views, a federal judge ruled…
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DOE climate report could create problems for EPA
September 26, 2025
Science played only a bit part in EPA’s July proposal to scrap the scientific basis for most of its climate rules. In the final version,…
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Trump Energy Department eyes new must-run orders for power plants
September 26, 2025
The Trump administration is planning to issue new emergency orders to prevent aging fossil fuel power plants from retiring, ratcheting up the federal government’s intervention…
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How the Roberts Court became the Trump Court
September 25, 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts’ 20 years on the Supreme Court have been punctuated by a series of vivid episodes, from his confirmation hearings as he…