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Defending democracy: Your action plan to protect rule of law
August 5, 2024
The Task Force for American Democracy held its Democracy Summit Aug. 2 at the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago and released an analysis…
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3 issues to watch with the big US bet on ‘clean’ hydrogen
August 2, 2024
The Biden administration’s push to build a “clean” hydrogen industry is entering a critical phase, as multiple federal agencies ready plans in the coming months…
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A $1 Trillion Time Bomb Is Ticking in the Housing Market
August 2, 2024
Cassandras seldom get opportunities to be right about two disasters. Even the original Cassandra scored no notable victories after predicting the fall of Troy. But…
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We are honored to welcome again one of the nation’s most respected and renowned legal scholars and constitutional law experts, Professor Laurence Tribe. Tribe joins…
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I was a member of Biden’s commission on the Supreme Court. His proposals are only a start.
August 1, 2024
An op-ed by Nancy Gertner: On Monday, President Biden proposed major changes for the Supreme Court — term limits of 18 years, an enforceable code…
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Despite having access to more information than ever before, Americans’ trust in the news has been declining in recent years. Nearly three-quarters of them say…
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The Strippers’ Union Faces Employers’ Trump Card
August 1, 2024
Lilith and Velveeta used to love dancing at the Star Garden topless bar in Los Angeles. A large stage and free rein to pick their…
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Is gig worker pay transparency really too much to hope for?
August 1, 2024
An article by Ashley Nunes: Uber and Lyft drivers are contractors, not employees. That’s the verdict from California’s top court, ending a bitter, yearslong dispute…
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The European Union’s historic Artificial Intelligence Act taking effect this week has the potential to expose even US companies seeking to comply with its intellectual…
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Senators line up to support permitting package
July 31, 2024
Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin and ranking member John Barrasso are poised to clear a major hurdle in their quest to revamp the…
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An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: We already knew the monumental stakes in this election: prosecutor v felon, the rule of law v the rule…
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An article by Lawrence Lessig: Free and open-source software has driven technological innovation and the spread of technical skills. The freedom to share and build upon…
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Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Plan Is Doomed to Fail
July 30, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt introduced his Supreme Court reform package in 1937, he had just won reelection with more…
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Today’s Good Question: Kamala Harris has to raise her own campaign money, right? They can’t just hand over what was donated to the Biden campaign.
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What We Want to Fight For: A Review of “Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change”
July 23, 2024
For several years, beginning in the mid-aughts, every few months I drove up to central Wisconsin from my home in Evanston to visit a relative…
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The Environmental Protection Agency is racing to deliver a fortune in taxpayer money through its largest-ever climate grant program. The surge in spending aims to…
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An article by Kenneth Mack: One of the more striking questions raised by the Supreme Court’s controversial recent decisions — such as its partial shielding…
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Regardless of how the COVID-19 pandemic started, it’s clear that deadly diseases can jump from animals to humans ‒ and a new report from Harvard…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: JD Vance’s Yale Law School pedigree came up at least a dozen times at the Republican National Convention. His degree…
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 15 rejected “by operation of law” requests to reconsider its transmission planning and cost allocation rule, which has…
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Two senators were among a flood of at least a dozen Democrats who called on President Biden to drop out of the presidential race Friday…