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Media Mentions
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State Programs Recycle Food Waste in Effort to Alleviate Hunger and Slow Diminishing Landfill Space
March 11, 2024
It is part of a statewide program requiring larger businesses to donate edible food and, if they can, recycle remaining food scraps. “Years ago, everything…
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Harvard Law Releases 40M Pages Of Digitized Case Law
March 11, 2024
Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab is releasing nearly 40 million pages of scanned case law for free as part of the Caselaw Access Project,…
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EPA rule tees up legal battle over federal climate authority
March 11, 2024
EPA’s rule to limit methane emissions from the oil and gas sector may be the latest battleground over whether the agency is exceeding its authority…
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Hey ALEC, Be Careful What You Wish For
March 11, 2024
An article by Benjamin Sachs: ALEC is promoting a model statute that conditions a corporation’s eligibility for any state “economic development incentives” on the corporation’s…
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Use of Russia’s frozen assets, 7.03.2024
March 8, 2024
The Constitutional Committee held a public sitting to discuss with foreign experts the Use of Russia’s assets frozen under international sanctions to compensate for the…
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Senate Tees Up 5 More Judge Picks Despite GOP Resistance
March 8, 2024
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted out five judicial nominees Thursday, which includes various historic firsts for diversity. Amir H. Ali, president and executive director of…
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Vitaly Kushnir’s fertility clinic offers to screen an embryo to predict a baby’s sex, but the service can lead to ethically murky territory, like when…
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Hurricanes are intensifying more rapidly – and the most vulnerable communities are hit hardest
March 7, 2024
Chelle Walton remembers how the water rushed into her home, the night Hurricane Ian made landfall. The 68-year-old found herself chin-deep in water, scrambling to…
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The core mission of any university depends on the ability of students, faculty members, and researchers to follow questions where they lead without an institutional…
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Exploring ALI’s History and Influence
March 6, 2024
On the occasion of ALI’s anniversary, we brought together three of our project Reporters to talk about ALI’s history and a few of our most…
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An article by Lawrence Lessig: The Supreme Court’s decision reversing Colorado’s choice to remove Donald Trump from the ballot, the judgment of which was joined…
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Harvard professor on crucial SEC climate rule: ‘A lawsuit is, sadly, almost guaranteed’
March 6, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote Wednesday on a raft of climate-disclosure rules that have been in the works for years and, as has…
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In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Cannot Avoid Politics
March 6, 2024
In major cases concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Supreme Court has tried to put some distance between itself and politics. That fragile project…
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Tribe: SCOTUS C.O. ruling ‘decides more than it needs to,’ leaves the Constitution ‘[un]enforceable’
March 6, 2024
In the Supreme Court ruling on whether former President Donald Trump can be removed from the ballot in Colorado, or in any other state, four…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court has unanimously concluded that Colorado can’t keep Donald Trump off the ballot. Section 3 of the 14th…
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Tribe: SCOTUS C.O. ruling ‘decides more than it needs to,’ leaves the Constitution ‘enforceable’
March 5, 2024
In the Supreme Court ruling on whether former President Donald Trump can be removed from the ballot in Colorado, or in any other state, four…
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How Oct. 7 is forcing Jews to reckon with Israel
March 5, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Since the 2023 Hamas-Israel war broke out, almost no subject has garnered more global attention than Israel. For many Jews,…
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An article co-written by Nancy Gertner: It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different…
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Harvard taps its law school dean as interim provost
March 4, 2024
Harvard University on Friday named the dean of its law school will assume the role of interim provost, serving as the college’s chief academic officer.
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Every so often, a Supreme Court oral argument is so divorced from reality that even a seasoned court-watcher like myself…
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How to Steal a Presidential Election
March 4, 2024
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, a vital question is whether the legal architecture governing the election is well crafted to prevent corruption and abuse.