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Media Mentions
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Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the Misreading of Science Fiction
August 17, 2026
An essay by Jill Lepore: Why does anyone care what Elon Musk thinks of Homer’s Odyssey, or Christopher Nolan’s? Musk is promising to use AI…
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Gerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules.
August 14, 2026
An op-ed by Ruth Greenwood: Seven years ago, I lost a redistricting case in the Supreme Court. I didn’t just lose — the court ruled…
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Why States Are the Key to the Modern Labor Movement
August 14, 2026
An article by Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs: Unions have a history of coming together when workers need them most. During the Gilded Age of…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Trump administration’s latest assertions about executive privilege — that it protects the confidentiality of a president’s communication with private…
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Banned from owning power plants, NY utilities now want to build solar and wind farms
August 13, 2026
State regulators are considering whether to allow utilities in New York to once again generate their own power. The state forced utilities to sell off…
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California, Maine in Trump’s Crosshairs Again Over Vaccines
August 13, 2026
President Donald Trump paved the way for federal litigation against states already targeted by his administration with an order this week on childhood vaccines that…
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Trump Wants to Expand Executive Privilege
August 13, 2026
The Trump administration’s latest assertions about executive privilege — that it protects the privacy of a president’s communication with private advisers who aren’t part of…
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As a pink-and-gold sunset faded over the waterside Ben Hotel, Republican state utility officials streamed out of a reception where they had been imbibing with…
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DOJ Settlements Perceived As Flouting Litigation Norms
August 12, 2026
A trend of settlements between the Trump administration and friendly parties in fast-track lawsuits to pursue policy changes has legal experts concerned about the endurance…
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Should Wachtell Litigators Launch Their Own Boutique Firm?
August 12, 2026
Last month, star litigator William Savitt left Wachtell Lipton, where he had co-chaired both the executive committee and litigation department, and joined Gibson Dunn. Five…
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New Bargaining Model Stirs Preemption, Pushback Concerns
August 12, 2026
New model legislation developed by left-leaning researchers would provide states a path to adopt sectoral bargaining regimes similar to those that some localities have implemented…
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Over the past few weeks, President Donald Trump has made it clear that he will not take Supreme Court decisions as the final word on…
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‘Citizen conventions’ should respond to Citizens United, Harvard law professor suggests
August 11, 2026
Please use the sharing tools found via the share button near the top and bottom of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a…
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NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with legal scholar and activist Lawrence Lessig about the influence of outside money in elections and a court challenge to a…
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Right-leaning legal activists along with Elon Musk ‘s artificial intelligence company have brought sweeping challenges against a cornerstone of legal enforcement in the United States:…
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Are You a Human?
August 10, 2026
An essay by Jill Lepore: Three summers ago, Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, posted on X a fifteen-second video of dozens of people—mostly young,…
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Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
August 7, 2026
More Americans are traveling abroad for medical care. Sanjay talks with Harvard Law professor Glenn Cohen about vetting providers, understanding risks and asking the right…
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said her unprecedented move to intervene in a utility megamerger is needed because the current proposal contains inadequate protections for utility…