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Elon Musk Is Leading a ‘Hostile Takeover of the Federal Government’
February 18, 2025
President Trump has empowered Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, to fire government employees, eliminate federal agencies and run roughshod over…
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A unit of Harvard University’s Law Library says it is releasing an archive of more than 300,000 government data sets, aiming to protect vital public…
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Why DOGE is unconstitutional
February 14, 2025
An op-ed by Alan Charles Raul: President Donald Trump, his appointees, acting officials and quasi-official outsiders are in the midst of a radical restructuring or…
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The White House has said that a review of federal funding is necessary to ensure that spending aligns with the president’s agenda. But it also…
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Toledo Municipal Court program to be studied by Harvard Law School
February 14, 2025
On Wednesday morning, Judge Kuhlman was joined by Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, others within his administration, Toledo police officers, and various members of Toledo City…
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The Trump Crisis Deepens
February 14, 2025
Finally, the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison, which established the principle of judicial review — the power of the Supreme Court to definitively…
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Laurence Tribe: God Save This Dishonorable Court
February 14, 2025
Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe joins the “Impolitic with John Heilemann” Podcast to discuss the radical challenge to the prevailing legal order by Donald Trump’s actions…
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How Trump Uses Language to Attack the Idea of Transgender Identity
February 14, 2025
On his first day back in office, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order declaring that there are only two sexes, male and female,…
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Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s ‘Legitimate Power’
February 14, 2025
Vice President JD Vance declared on Sunday that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” delivering a warning shot to the federal judiciary…
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President Trump’s Campaign of ‘Structural Deregulation’
February 14, 2025
An op-ed by Jody Freeman: A few years ago, we published an article in the Harvard Law Review describing how a determined president could…
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The Harvard Law School Library says it is releasing an archive of more than 300,000 government data sets, aiming to protect vital public information at…
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Trump moves to shutter environmental offices across the government
February 6, 2025
In a little over two weeks, the Trump administration has taken unprecedented steps to shutter or remake federal offices focused on the environment, causing turmoil…
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Whole Foods says Trump’s actions make union win moot
February 6, 2025
Amazon-owned Whole Foods asked regulators to dismiss the results of a union election at a Philadelphia store, citing President Donald Trump’s firing of two leaders…
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The high price of scrapping the social cost of carbon
February 5, 2025
An op-ed by Cass Sunstein: With the deluge of executive orders in the initial weeks of the second Trump administration, an important directive flew under…
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A fired member of the National Labor Relations Board sued President Donald Trump on Wednesday, alleging that he exceeded his authority and broke with nine…
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Trump Is Testing Our Constitutional System. It’s Doing Fine.
February 4, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Trump administration is subjecting the US constitutional system to a stress test. We’re on the treadmill, with instruments recording…
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How Donald Trump Is Transforming Executive Power
February 4, 2025
Throughout his first two weeks in office, Donald Trump has been firing officials across the federal government, including inspectors general at Cabinet agencies and prosecutors…
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Trump is testing the limits of his executive powers
February 4, 2025
President Donald Trump is testing the limits of his authority in the first two weeks of his term with varying levels of success. Harvard Law…
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Bison, not prison: Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land
February 4, 2025
On a freezing cold Wednesday afternoon in eastern Kentucky, Taysha DeVaughan joined a small gathering at the foot of a reclaimed strip mine to celebrate…
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Soon after Whole Foods employees in Philadelphia celebrated winning a union election early this week, drama in Washington overshadowed the victory. The same night workers…
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Eastern KY activists bought land where feds wanted to build a prison
February 3, 2025
A community building and land restoration group bought a plot of Letcher County land that’s been targeted for a new federal prison. The Appalachian Rekindling…