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Randall Kennedy Is Afraid. He Thinks You Should Be Too.
January 9, 2026
Randall Kennedy doesn’t shy away from an argument. His classes at Harvard Law School, where he has taught for more than four decades, are intellectually…
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Gender Care Pullback Led by Trump’s HHS Moves Boldly Into 2026
January 9, 2026
Threats of federal funding cuts to hospitals providing gender-affirming care to minors capped a year of sweeping Trump administration actions over transgender health and set…
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NPR’s Leila Fadel asks former international and federal prosecutor Alex Whiting what legal arguments can be expected in the prosecution of Nicolas Maduro.
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Elon Musk took over X and folded in Grok, his sister company’s generative AI tool, with the aim of making his social media ecosystem a…
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Judge rules in favor of independent journalist suing Northwestern DA over ‘Brady’ lists
January 9, 2026
A Suffolk Superior Court judge has sided with an independent journalist who’s been fighting the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office for four years to release police misconduct…
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Waning Trust In DOJ Could Slow Federal Courts In 2026
January 9, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice in 2026 may continue to face unusual probes from judges skeptical of applying the long-held principle that the government tells the…
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Keep Faneuil Hall a Cradle of Liberty
January 9, 2026
A letter by Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez: Earlier this month, some people arrived at Faneuil Hall for their naturalization ceremony after an arduous years-long process only to…
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Law firms courting capital and investors looking to cash in on firms have a new buzzword: the MSO, or management services organization, a model that…
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The Real Heroes in the War on the Rule of Law
December 19, 2025
While Supreme Court justices get the glory (and the blame), district court judges have been standing up to the Trump administration more than any other…
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Data centers and your electric bill
December 19, 2025
Electricity prices are up 6.9% year over year. What’s the role of data centers used to power AI and crytpo? [Commentary by Ari Peskoe].
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The Supreme Court Generals Failed Their Troops This Year
December 18, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: This will go down as the year when the president of the United States openly went to war against the rule…
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At Many Top Law Schools, Black Student Enrollment Continues to Drop
December 17, 2025
The number of Black students entering many of the nation’s most elite law schools declined this year, according to data released on Monday by the…
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‘Imperfect Oracle’ Review: A Question of Autonomy
December 16, 2025
“A properly regulated system of AI-powered choice engines could produce massive welfare benefits,” concludes Cass Sunstein in “Imperfect Oracle,” his study of what artificial intelligence…
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Wisconsin Judge Allows Election Case to Proceed Against Trump Advisers
December 16, 2025
A Wisconsin judge ruled on Monday that there was sufficient evidence for two men to face trial on charges that they illegally tried to keep…
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What is a person of interest? Why police were ‘hedging their bets’ with detained man in Brown shooting
December 16, 2025
When police use the term “person of interest” in connection with the deadly mass shooting at Brown University, which left two dead and nine injured…
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Can Labor Unions Recover? Two Experts Square Off
December 15, 2025
Today, the U.S. labor movement is a shadow of its former self. Union membership has declined dramatically since labor’s heyday in the 1950s, when roughly…
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Gol Bankruptcy Ruling Narrows Gap Over Liability Shield Consent
December 15, 2025
A federal judge’s decision to overturn a Brazilian airline’s litigation releases for nonbankrupt entities in its reorganization plan breaks from a popular finding among courts…
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Laurence Tribe on Justice, the Supreme Court, and Teaching Obama | The Thread Documentary Series
December 12, 2025
Legal scholar Laurence Tribe reflects on his career as a Harvard Law professor teaching U.S. Constitutional Law. Tribe shares stories from when today’s political leaders…