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The brawny display of conservative power that closed the Supreme Court term this week reinforced one truism about the court and obscured another. A trio…
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How to Stave Off Constitutional Extinction
July 5, 2023
An op-ed by Jill Lepore: Every Fourth of July, Americans celebrate independence, but it might be more significant, more pregnant with meaning, to celebrate amendment…
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The Supreme Court ended its term this week in familiar fashion, issuing blockbuster conservative decisions on affirmative action, gay rights and student loans that divided…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In a defeat for equal rights, the Supreme Court has ruled that a Christian website designer may refuse to make…
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The union clash over Pride décor at Starbucks Corp. cafes poses a broader test on free speech in the workplace, with the coffee giant accusing…
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The nonprofit Equal Citizens began crowdsourcing for a video contest this week that could earn the winner at least $50,000, attorney and political activist Lawrence…
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In siding with a graphic designer who did not want to make customized websites celebrating same-sex marriages, the Supreme Court Friday emphasized the right to…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In a major rebuff to the Biden administration, the Supreme Court has struck down, 6-3, the $430 billion student loan…
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An op-ed co-written by Laurence Tribe: This week, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that businesses generally open to the public can nonetheless…
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An op-ed co-written by Terri Gerstein: Earlier this month, the Teamsters union announced that UPS workers had voted 97% in favor of authorizing a strike…
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Opinion by Terri Gerstein [Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Center for Labor and a Just Economy] and…
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In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended race-conscious admission programs at colleges and universities across the country. In a decision…
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Story by Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law: Race-conscious affirmative action, in which schools consider applicants’ race as a factor in…
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Employers will have to meet a higher standard to deny religious accommodations in the workplace, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday. … “This decision…
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The Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action
June 29, 2023
Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Harvard law professor Charles Fried about the court’s decision.
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Editorial by Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law: Affirmative action died today at the hands of the Supreme Court’s conservative constitutional revolution. In a…
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Between World War II and the 2011 repeal of the policy that banned openly LGBTQ+ people from serving in the U.S. military, it is estimated…
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
June 29, 2023
CHARLESTON: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm by Susan Crawford [John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law]. This cogently argued book by a Harvard law…
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Seaview Trading, A Cautionary Tale
June 29, 2023
In Seaview Trading, LLC v. Comm., (CA 9 2023) 31 AFTR 2d ¶2023-476, the en banc Ninth Circuit held that delinquent partnership returns must be…
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What Comes After Affirmative Action
June 29, 2023
[Podcast] In October, the Supreme Court heard two cases—against Harvard and U.N.C.—that are expected to bring about the end of affirmative action at American colleges…
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After Affirmative Action Ends
June 29, 2023
Editorial by Jeannie Suk Gersen, Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law: What happens after the Supreme Court ends affirmative action, as…