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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…
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The Excuses For DEI Programs Get Worse and Worse
February 3, 2025
Not that long ago, corporate sponsored discrimination on the basis of race under the guise of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs was justified on…
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The Great and Powerful President
January 31, 2025
With Donald Trump’s second term in full swing, Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith joins Sarah Isgur and David French to discuss the unitary executive theory.
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How Trump’s Federal-Aid Fiasco Is Testing the Separation of Powers
January 30, 2025
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration sent out a memo attempting to put a blanket pause on most federal funding, sowing confusion about financing for student…
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President Trump abruptly fired dozens of officials in the past few days — including inspectors general, a member of the National Labor Relations Board and…
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Trump’s OMB Order Is Vague, Confusing and Illegal
January 29, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: A week into his presidency, Donald Trump is officially on a tear. The president’s Office of Management and Budget has…
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One way to save lives in jails
January 29, 2025
A 1976 Supreme Court decision said that while the Constitution requires that incarcerated people receive healthcare, the quality of the care doesn’t need to be…
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Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule
January 29, 2025
For years, the fossil fuel industry and its allies have tried to overturn one of the most important federal rulings in the history of climate…
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Trump Firings at Labor Board Paralyze the Agency
January 29, 2025
President Trump ousted the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board along with one of the board’s Democratic members late Monday, signaling a shift…
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President Donald Trump’s first week in office was a muscular display of presidential power, especially regarding how the U.S. gets its power. Trump has signed…
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President Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that aims to stop the use of puberty blockers, hormones and other forms of gender-affirming care for transgender…
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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…