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Elon Musk’s Twitter lays off employees across the company
November 9, 2022
Twitter on Friday laid off thousands of employees in departments across the company, in a severe round of cost cutting that could potentially upend how…
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Mr. Attorney General, It’s Too Late to Appoint A Special Counsel
November 9, 2022
An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: The Justice Department has reportedly been considering the appointment of a Special Counsel to complete investigations of former President…
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UN Denied Justice to Lead-Poisoned Kosovo Roma Refugees: Report
November 9, 2022
The United Nations manipulated its own accountability mechanisms to thwart justice for Roma, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptian refugees who were poisoned while living in UN-operated…
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An article co-written by Michael Ashley Stein: The law presumes that individuals are rational. The reasonable individual, a hypothetical figure whose actions judges and juries…
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The Reactionary Court
November 8, 2022
An article written by Charles Fried: To the Editors: Jed S. Rakoff’s fine review of Brad Snyder’s biography of Felix Frankfurter [NYR, November 3] is…
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As FERC’s transmission proposal sparks clashes, potential solutions emerge from MISO, elsewhere
November 8, 2022
FERC’s proposal to reform transmission planning has provoked a confrontation over federal and state control of transmission expansion, prompting some stakeholders to call for new…
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Op-Ed: The evidence that Republicans are using technicalities to toss out Democratic ballots
November 8, 2022
An op-ed by Laurence Tribe: It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Republican officials, too often abetted by federal judges appointed by Republican presidents, are…
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Good news for democracy: Voters are embracing early voting
November 8, 2022
No matter the outcome of the midterm elections, there is some good news for American democracy: Voters are increasingly embracing early voting. Now, voting-rights advocates…
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Florida medical boards vote to ban gender-affirming care for youth
November 8, 2022
On Friday, two Florida medical boards – Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine – voted to institute a ban on…
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An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: On Monday, I was at the Supreme Court for five hours of oral arguments on affirmative action. In constitutional…
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a second request to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief program. Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied an…
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Musk’s celebrity lawyer now plays key role in Twitter overhaul
November 7, 2022
A year ago, attorney Alex Spiro helped rapper Jay-Z win a lawsuit over perfume royalties. This week, he was part of a team that fired…
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Waiting is hard . . .
November 7, 2022
I spoke to the Bay Area Coalition on Saturday as they began a day of phone banking in the final stretch to the election. I…
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Opinion/Solutions: Doctors prescribe healthy meals to keep patients out of the hospital
November 7, 2022
For more than 50 years, Meals on Wheels had been delivering healthy meals to thousands of older adults in Portland, Ore. Then, a local hospital…
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Letters from an American
November 7, 2022
For all that they have tried to argue that the midterm election is a referendum on President Joe Biden’s handling of the nation’s high inflation,…
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The tragedy of John Roberts
November 4, 2022
On the final day of oral arguments last term, the chief justice’s voice cracked with emotion as he bade farewell to the retiring Justice Stephen…
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An article co-written by Premal Dharia: Picture a criminal trial: Prosecutors grill witnesses on cross-examination, judges rule on objections, defense counsel makes impassioned pleas to…
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The INDEX Act: A challenge to the voting influence of institutional investors that may yield unintended consequences
November 4, 2022
The Act’s supporters say it would shift voting power from large investment advisers to individual investors, but the reality could be far more complex. In…
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Reddit Win Previews Looming Sex Trafficking, Section 230 Battles
November 4, 2022
A recent Reddit Inc. legal victory provides the first foray into how federal appeals courts will grapple with a 2018 anti-sex trafficking amendment to a…
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“They had a damn insider on SCOTUS”: Experts alarmed after Trump lawyer emails inadvertently leak
November 4, 2022
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers believed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was their best bet to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according…
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In state-level midterms in Midwest, Big Ag favors Republicans, incumbents and governors, data shows
November 4, 2022
Iowa is one of the most productive agricultural states in the country. It makes sense then that Gov. Kim Reynolds would be a major recipient…