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The Law Is Clear: You Don’t Need a Passport to Vote
March 27, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Donald Trump’s latest executive order requires the Election Assistance Commission to make it harder to prove citizenship in order to…
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Hundreds of Harvard professors call for resistance of ‘attacks on American universities’
March 27, 2025
Hundreds of Harvard professors on Wednesday called on university leaders to push back against the federal government’s “ongoing attacks on American universities,” saying in a…
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DNA testing company 23andMe wins court approval to sell data after it filed for bankruptcy. What does that mean for your privacy?
March 27, 2025
Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Sunday that it has filed for bankruptcy due to low demand for its ancestry kits and after a 2023…
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President Trump pushed on Tuesday to hand the executive branch unprecedented influence over how federal elections are run, signing a far-reaching and legally dubious order…
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New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday urged 23andMe (ME.O), opens new tab customers to secure their data in light of rising privacy concerns…
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The first time Oregon state representative Pam Marsh tried to tighten the leash on the data center industry, she learned the hard way that its…
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Over the weekend, genetic testing and biotechnology company 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Founded in 2006, the company became popular with millions of Americans…
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An article by Laurence Tribe: Less than seven weeks into Donald Trump’s second term as president, his administration has set off a new wave of…
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At Duke University, an elite school teeming with stars, Ben Abram shone among the brightest. Media reports from his undergraduate years, 2003 to 2007, portray…
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SEC to Lose About 500 Staffers to Buyout, Resignation Offers
March 25, 2025
About 500 staffers at the Securities & Exchange Commission have agreed to leave the agency in response to its $50,000 buyout and deferred-resignation offers, according…
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As Donald Trump aggressively seeks revenge against multiple foes in the US, he’s waging a vendetta using executive orders and social media against judges, law…
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The Trump administration announced plans to kill a key climate rule. It’s about time.
March 24, 2025
An 0p-ed by Ashley Nunes: A signature Biden-era climate rule is set to disappear. This month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would slash dozens…
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‘Hypocritical,’ ‘lawless,’ ‘a provocation’: Laurence Tribe slams Trump’s attacks on judges
March 24, 2025
As concerns grow that Donald Trump is leading America into a constitutional crisis, Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Laurence Tribe says that’s the wrong way…
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One year ago, Utah lawmakers unanimously enacted new religious liberty protections, bucking the national trend toward skepticism that’s led some legislators to put “religious freedom”…
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What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
March 21, 2025
A recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for regulations to protect customers’ personal and genetic data in light of biotech…
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Red states focus on “preferred resources” over renewables
March 21, 2025
Red states are launching efforts to limit renewables deployment on the grid, Nick writes. Why it matters: State legislators will be crucial to the national…
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Don’t count on the courts to save democracy
March 20, 2025
An op-ed co-written by Ryan D. Doerfler: Liberals are learning to love the courts again, after years of suspicion due to several noxious Supreme Court…
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USAID Ruling May Be Beginning of the End for Musk
March 20, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: A federal judge has held that Elon Musk and DOGE’s actions to shut down the US Agency for International Development…
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Two Boston-based law firms received letters from the Trump administration on Monday seeking information about their employment practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, going…
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Our Trans Protections Aren’t Strong Enough for the Trump Era
March 20, 2025
New York’s new shield law would “enshrine our state as a beacon of hope, a safe haven for trans youth and their families,” Governor Kathy…
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How to Liberate Electric Power
March 20, 2025
Within hours of being sworn in on January 20, President Donald Trump declared that America is in the midst of an energy emergency. The theme…