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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.
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President Biden’s climate ambitions are colliding with political and legal realities, forcing his administration to recalibrate two of its main tools to cut the emissions…
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The global crackdown on methane emissions will get a boost this week from a watchdog satellite built to track and publicly reveal the biggest methane…
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In a speech at the University of Michigan last month, one of the nation’s top banking regulators posed a deceptively simple question. Michael Hsu, the…
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In 1993, “The Joy Luck Club” was a surprise hit. The poignant story featuring an all-Asian cast broke barriers at the box office. Would “The…
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Facebook’s Failures
March 4, 2024
IN 2019, when Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz began asking Facebook for information about the inner workings of its complex recommendation system, which pushes…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The US Supreme Court has come under fire for what critics see as an unnecessary delay in the case of…
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Our democracy problem
February 29, 2024
As the 2024 presidential election kicks into gear, U.S. democracy is again facing scrutiny. Probably for good reason. “There are a lot of indicators to…