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Starbucks’ Surprise Labor Pivot Could Spur a New Unionization Wave
February 28, 2024
Starbucks Corp.’s new commitment to work with its main union to end hostilities and hash out a fair process for labor organizing is a landmark…
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Democrats Propose N.Y. Congressional Map With Slight Tilt in Their Favor
February 28, 2024
A day after rejecting a congressional map proposed by a bipartisan redistricting commission, Democrats in New York unveiled new district lines on Tuesday designed to…
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Corporate giants aim to hobble National Labor Relations Board
February 28, 2024
Corporate giants are taking aim at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and attempting to hobble the agency in charge of protecting unions and their…
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What is 25th Amendment? Congressman calls to use it on Biden in a ‘stunt,’ experts say
February 28, 2024
Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican, introduced a resolution calling for Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Joe Biden…
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Supreme Court Must Stand Up for Free Speech Online
February 27, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court has now heard oral argument in two of the most important free-speech and social media cases it…
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It’s high noon at the High Court for internet free speech. What’s next for social media users?
February 27, 2024
In a marathon oral argument lasting nearly four hours, the US Supreme Court on Monday took on a pair of cases that could eventually transform…
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Former federal judge speculates Supreme Court could be split on Trump immunity case
February 27, 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team asked the Supreme Court to find that presidents are immune from prosecution for their actions in office amid criminal…
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The New Antisemitism
February 27, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Why won’t antisemitism die, or at least die down? In the months following Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7,…
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EPA rule that limits pollution is being challenged in the Supreme Court
February 27, 2024
LEILA FADEL, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court today hears arguments in an environmental case that centers on the obligation to be a good neighbor. Several…
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GOP Social Media Censorship Laws Are Headed To The Supreme Court. These Liberal Law Professors Don’t Want Them Struck Down.
February 27, 2024
In 2021, Republicans in Florida and Texas enacted new laws limiting the ability of social media companies to moderate and remove content from users. The…
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In the case of SJC nominee, questions of recusal are material
February 27, 2024
A letter by Nancy Gertner: In the Feb. 25 editorial, “SJC nominee should offer clear answers on when she’d recuse herself,” the Globe criticizes Appeals…
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Why People Fail to Notice Horrors Around Them
February 26, 2024
An op-ed co-written by Cass Sunstein: The miraculous history of our species is peppered with dark stories of oppression, tyranny, bloody wars, savagery, murder and…
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The Crisis in Teaching Constitutional Law
February 26, 2024
If you attended law school at any time over the past half-century, your course in constitutional law likely followed a well-worn path. First you learned…
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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion
February 26, 2024
An op-ed by Ari Peskoe: The United States is not building enough transmission lines to connect regional power networks. The deficit is driving up electricity…
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‘You can’t love your country if you hate half the people in it’
February 26, 2024
When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, agreed to film an advertisement for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s “Disagree Better” initiative, he knew just who he…
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Supreme Court to Decide How the First Amendment Applies to Social Media
February 26, 2024
The most important First Amendment cases of the internet era, to be heard by the Supreme Court on Monday, may turn on a single question:…
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The large-scale military strikes the United States has directed at the Houthis, an Iran-backed militant group in Yemen that has disrupted shipping in the Red…
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Millions of Fund Investors Are Getting a Voice
February 23, 2024
Index fund investing has swept the world. In December, for the first time, U.S. investors entrusted more money to index funds than actively managed funds,…
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‘This feels like a big wake-up call’: What does Alabama’s frozen embryos ruling mean for IVF in Mass.?
February 23, 2024
The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos are children and deserve protection under the law has alarmed experts in Massachusetts, who worry the ruling…
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It’s time to end the barbaric practice of solitary confinement in immigration detention
February 22, 2024
An op-ed by Sabrineh Ardalan, Philip L. Torrey and Arevik Avedian: Across the country, the Biden administration is holding hundreds of immigrants in solitary confinement.
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Carrying a pregnancy to term after denied abortion: Mayron Hollis’ story
February 22, 2024
I. Glenn Cohen talks about the medical ethics questions raised by the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos are people. And, American Society of…