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Philadelphia Whole Foods workers just unionized—right as Trump made it harder for them to get a contract
January 29, 2025
Whole Foods workers at a Philadelphia store voted this week to unionize, becoming the first store at the Amazon-owned grocery chain to do so. But…
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Trump fires acting Labor Board chair in legally dubious move
January 29, 2025
President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the…
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The Future of A.I. May Not Be as Revolutionary as We Thought
January 28, 2025
An op-ed by Mihir Desai: During Monday’s stock market swoon, Nvidia, the artificial intelligence giant, lost nearly $600 billion in value, the biggest single-day loss…
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Trump’s Firings Are Baiting the Supreme Court
January 28, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: President Donald Trump’s firing of 18 inspectors general explicitly violates a law passed by Congress to protect these anti-corruption watchdogs…
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On his first full day back in the White House, President Trump reveled in his return to power and vowed to do what no president…
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Trump third-term amendment ‘impossibly difficult’ to pass, Harvard Law professor says
January 27, 2025
A newly introduced constitutional amendment that would allow President Donald Trump to be elected to a third term in the White House faces very long…
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Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent
January 27, 2025
President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United…
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An article co-written by Nancy Gertner: Judges—especially in cases involving the Trump administration—should do more than just decide cases and resolve disputes. He or she…
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What Do Trump’s Executive Orders Mean for the Country?
January 24, 2025
President Trump has now signed dozens of executive orders with the potential to dramatically change the lives of millions. These orders include America’s withdrawal from…
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Shareholder cases challenging DEI programs could get boost from Trump’s executive order
January 24, 2025
For U.S. publicly traded companies weighing the future of their diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order, opens…
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In the first 48 hours of his second term, President Donald Trump moved to eviscerate the surviving remnants of affirmative action, swiftly upending decades of…
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How Much Power Does President Trump Have?
January 23, 2025
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: To many Americans, it is foundational that the power to make law lies exclusively with Congress and the power…
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We The People: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
January 23, 2025
The Eighth Amendment. What is cruel and unusual punishment? Who gets to define and decide its boundaries? And how did the Constitution’s authors imagine it…
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Trump Doesn’t Have What It Takes to Be a Great President
January 23, 2025
An op-ed by Jack Goldsmith: Donald Trump enters his second presidency, as he did his first, pledging to wield executive power in novel and aggressive…
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Trump Seriously Abused His Pardon Power. Biden Also Indulged
January 23, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The pardon power is evolving before our very eyes — and not in a good way. First outgoing President Joe…
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Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar
January 23, 2025
President Trump is moving to restructure the nation’s energy future to block any transition away from fossil fuels. And he is testing the boundaries of…
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The Equal Rights Amendment at Long Last
January 23, 2025
An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: With three days left in his presidency, Joseph R. Biden ensured that the United States Constitution, the oldest on…
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‘CSI effect’ still a key issue in jury selection, SJC rules
January 23, 2025
Prosecutors can still question possible jurors about the “CSI effect,” the theory that jury members who have watched crime-based fictional television shows are less likely…
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How Trump-proof is Biden’s environmental legacy? See our analysis.
January 17, 2025
President Joe Biden will leave office with a sweeping environmental and climate record that includes protecting more public lands and waters — roughly 670 million…
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Marc Elias Firm Sees Four Exits After Forcing Arbitration Deals
January 17, 2025
Prominent Democratic lawyer Marc Elias’ firm is seeing four lawyers exit after requiring employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements. The exits follow a Dec. 19…
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How Much of the Government Can Donald Trump Dismantle?
January 16, 2025
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: In the weeks before a President’s Inauguration, it’s common to see a rush of policy activity from the outgoing…