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US Supreme Court’s conservatives signal skepticism of affirmative action in higher education
November 1, 2022
On Monday the Supreme Court heard arguments in two landmark cases that could end affirmative action in higher education, and the court’s conservatives seemed to…
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When the White House held a celebration in April to mark Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation, President Biden hailed the moment as…
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Don’t Buy the Republican Appeal to Workers
October 31, 2022
An op-ed by Terri Gerstein, a fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and the Economic Policy Institute. J.D. Vance, the Ohio…
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Looming elections in US, Brazil pose test for Musk’s Twitter
October 31, 2022
Pivotal elections in Brazil and the United States will present an early test to Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and his promise to ease up…
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As California, New York, and other states move to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered cars, public officials routinely echo the Biden administration’s claim that…
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Motorists passing through parts of southeastern North Carolina can smell the presence of industrial hog farms. But few get to see – or would want…
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A Visit to the Banned-Book Bus With a Scholar Who Helped Develop Critical Race Theory
October 31, 2022
The buses are hard to miss. One is unusually elegant for a bus—deep, shiny black with deeper black windows and a cognac leather interior. One…
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The Supreme Court Will Make It Harder to Hire a Diverse Team
October 31, 2022
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Today, the Supreme Court is hearing two cases that are widely expected to overturn long-standing precedent and reject diversity as…
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‘Violence unleashed to break democracy’: Anger after Nancy Pelosi’s husband attacked at San Francisco home
October 31, 2022
A brutal attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul during a break-in at their San Francisco home has sparked widespread outrage and speculation that…
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Organizers at Apple’s Towson Town Center store in Maryland claim that the company isn’t telling the whole truth when it comes to withholding benefits from…
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Protecting federal judges is essential to nation’s security
October 28, 2022
An op-ed by Laurence Tribe: We are living through a rising tide of politically and racially motivated crimes of violence, including assassination attempts on public…
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Who’s Really Cycling In and Out of Cleveland’s Courts? “Career Criminals” Who Aren’t What You Think
October 28, 2022
Deshawn Maines stood in a courtroom inside the Cuyahoga County Justice Center on Nov. 7, 2018, awaiting his sentence. Six months earlier, he had Ubered…
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An op-ed by Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut: There’s a sad lesson for the law and the country in Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’…
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In the lead-up to the November midterms, reports of armed citizens “guarding” ballot boxes have surfaced, sparking complaints of voter intimidation and wider concerns about…
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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ Vital Registration Office has introduced more accessible and safer policies for transgender people seeking to amend…
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… An implementation committee, led by Martha Minow, Harvard Law School’s 300th Anniversary University Professor and a member of the Presidential Committee that produced the…
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The Constitution makes reference to voting 15 times in the original document and another 22 in the amendments. But somewhat surprisingly, none of those mentions…
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As California, New York, and other states move to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered cars, public officials routinely echo the Biden administration’s claim that…
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Lesson from Latin America for U.S. abortion rights movement
October 27, 2022
Mexico and Colombia recently legalized abortion in landmark rulings that offer a stark contrast to the Dobbs decision that overturned the right to the procedure…
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The United States’ Unamendable Constitution
October 26, 2022
An article by Jill Lepore: When the U.S. Constitution was written, in 1787, it was a startling political novelty, even in an age of constitution-making. Before…
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Supreme Court to judge affirmative action in college admissions
October 26, 2022
For nearly half a century, colleges and universities have argued that affirmative action is crucial to their missions — and to American society. Campus diversity,…