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Fifteen years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United that corporations have constitutional free-speech rights to spend money influencing elections, virtually all federal…
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Last week, EPA employees received a surprising email. The government agency had already banned staff from conducting union business on agency time. Now they were…
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President Donald Trump fired tens of thousands of federal workers to reshape the administration in his mold, but the legitimacy of his unprecedented removal of…
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Word & Phrases We Should Ignore
August 27, 2025
The “presumption of regularity,” a concept neither mentioned in the Constitution nor enshrined in any law, boils down to the notion that courts should give…
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The Age Verification Fallout on Free Speech Is Starting
August 26, 2025
An op-ed written by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court is asleep at the wheel when it comes to protecting free speech. The latest sign is the…
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The Fed’s future hangs in balance after Trump’s assault
August 26, 2025
Donald Trump’s decision to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is a pivotal moment. It signals the US president’s switch from unpleasant name-calling of the…
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The current generation of legal AI tools is automating tasks that previously required substantial staffing. But here’s what’s crucial about this new efficiency: These aren’t…
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The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Reshape America’s Past
August 25, 2025
An op-ed by Jill Lepore: In 1976, the year the United States celebrated its bicentennial, Donald J. Trump, thirty, leonine, and three-piece-suited, was chauffeured around Manhattan…
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Amy Coney Barrett Is a Maddening Voice on Grant Cases
August 25, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: When it comes to lawsuits against the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating government grants and contracts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett has…
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Early in the spring, an aggressive and polarizing new presidential administration drafted a menu of demands, many of them very specific, designed to reshape the…
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The Trump Administration Dismisses the Endangered Species List as ‘Hotel California.’ But There’s Far More to the Story
August 25, 2025
“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed…
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More than 150,000 students are enrolled in homeschool in Florida. NBC News’ George Solis reports on what’s driving the homeschool increase and spoke with critics…
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DOJ Sues California Regulator Over Trucking Emissions Standards
August 22, 2025
The Justice Department announced a lawsuit on Friday against California’s air regulator, the latest move in the Trump administration’s sweeping attacks on electric vehicles. The…
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Do You Know What’s in Your DNA? If Not, That’s a Problem
August 22, 2025
Genetic information can be life-saving in a medical emergency, yet it’s still rarely collected from adults — even when doctors are struggling to make a…
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EPA’s embattled “green bank” grantees are girding for a possible court decision that could determine whether the agency is able to regain control of billions…
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Data Deletion Rights Must Be a Priority in Privacy Legislation
August 21, 2025
An article co-written by I. Glenn Cohen: Privacy has traditionally been defined as the right to seclude oneself from the public and the right to…
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On Nov. 8, 1787, a pamphleteer who wrote under the pseudonym Cato published one of the most prescient warnings in American history. Cato looked at…
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Across the country, many Americans are paying more for their electricity. In Massachusetts, rates increased almost 69% between 2014 and 2024; in West Virginia that…
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Do Food Expiration Dates Really Matter?
August 19, 2025
When you open your fridge, how often do you check the dates on your food? The yogurt container says it’s still good for a few…
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Healey proposes releasing historical records of disabled people in state institutions
August 19, 2025
Certain records from the tens of thousands of people with mental, intellectual and developmental disabilities who have lived at Massachusetts institutions could become public under…
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Why Good Laws Aren’t Enough (with Martha Minow)
August 18, 2025
Should the law be more forgiving? Martha Minow, former dean of Harvard Law School, joins Preet for a wide-ranging conversation on what justice means today—inside…