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President Joe Biden made waves Tuesday when he acknowledged he was considering using the 14th Amendment to end the debt standoff — before saying he…
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Biden “considering” debt ceiling escape clause
May 10, 2023
President Biden publicly signaled on Tuesday that he’s weighing options to take debt ceiling default off the table in the future, including a controversial theory…
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Artificial intelligence is the ultimate double-edged sword. It’s advancing medical technology at an astonishing rate and improving the quality of life globally, but it’s also…
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When Clarence Thomas was accepted to Yale Law School in 1971, the school’s stated goal was for students of color like him to make up…
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A Climate-Smart Farm Bill Can Save Lives
May 10, 2023
In August 2017, as wildfires raged across British Columbia, a blanket of smoke settled over the neighboring state of Washington, turning the sun blood-red and…
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Amid raging debate in Congress over Supreme Court ethics, White House reluctant to step in
May 9, 2023
Chatter on Capitol Hill about ethical standards at the Supreme Court has reached a fever pitch following the steady stream of revelations about Justice Clarence…
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Laurence Tribe: President’s ‘duty’ is to pay debts despite GOP giving him an ‘impossible choice‘
May 9, 2023
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is joined by Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe who explains what the president’s constitutional duties are despite the demands from House Republicans…
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Five days before Michael Kirk’s documentary about the love and lives of Clarence and Ginni Thomas was set to air on PBS, ProPublica dropped another…
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Film and TV studios could replace striking writers with artificial intelligence bots, and there’s not much labor unions could do to stop it without language…
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Back in 2021, President Joe Biden announced the administration’s new Justice40 Initiative through Executive Order 14008. The program’s aim is that 40 percent of the…
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Courts decide vexing legal matters and interpret opaque constitutional language all the time, from defining pornography and judging whether a search or seizure is unreasonable…
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Harvard University law professor Jack Goldsmith thinks President Joe Biden should “stop” commenting about ongoing probes in the wake of the tax investigation against his…
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Why I Changed My Mind on the Debt Limit
May 8, 2023
Guest essay by Laurence Tribe: At this moment, at the White House as well as the Departments of Treasury and Justice, officials are debating a…
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How to pick a trustworthy VPN
May 8, 2023
It’s one of the most asked questions to The Washington Post’s Help Desk: Do I need a VPN — and if so, which one? Interest…
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Conservatives have pointed to incidents concerning other judges, such as Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch not recusing themselves from cases involving their book publisher.
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Senior White House officials see enormous risks in trying to resolve the debt ceiling impasse without Congress, viewing the unilateral measures floated by some academics…
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Federal regulators have suggested a ban on Meta’s ability to make money off data it collects from children. … The allegations over Messenger Kids are…
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Late last summer, Bed Bath & Beyond had a new chief executive, a new strategy and $375mn in new cash from a canny investment firm,…
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Many of the Black, queer and transgender users who made Twitter a cultural touchstone are growing weary of the platform, which they say has become…
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Religious-Liberty Update
May 5, 2023
A few months ago, I wrote about Damon Landor, a Rastafarian adhering to the biblical Nazarite Vow, who had his head forcibly shaved by Louisiana…
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Law firms have been racing to adopt artificial intelligence after developments in the technology have enabled it to draw up contracts, assist due diligence processes…