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Washington state is moving to cap carbon emissions
February 28, 2023
Prospects for federal climate legislation are dim this year, now that Republicans control the U.S. House. So we’re also monitoring climate action at the state…
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Yes, States Can Prohibit Boycotts
February 28, 2023
An op-ed by Josh Halpern: Nikki Haley is in the news after announcing her 2024 presidential campaign, but one of her most significant contributions to…
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‘Old-school union busting’: how US corporations are quashing the new wave of organizing
February 27, 2023
US corporations have mounted a fierce counterattack against the union drives at Starbucks, Amazon and other companies, and in response, federal officials are working overtime…
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“Targeted for retribution”: Trump’s brag badly backfires as judge orders him to sit for deposition
February 27, 2023
Afederal judge on Thursday ruled that two former FBI officials can depose former President Donald Trump as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit after he…
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Justices Dared To Draw Sexy M&M, Taco Hell For TM Fight
February 27, 2023
It’s hard to imagine a pun-filled U.S. Supreme Court case about a dog toy modeled after a poop-filled Jack Daniel’s bottle getting any weirder at…
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One Texas judge will decide fate of abortion pill used by millions of American women
February 27, 2023
Federal judges in Texas have delivered time and again for abortion opponents. They upheld a state law that allows for $10,000 bounties to be placed…
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‘It’s a major blow’: Dominion has uncovered ‘smoking gun’ evidence in case against Fox News, legal experts say
February 24, 2023
Fox News is in serious hot water. That’s what several legal experts told CNN this week following Dominion Voting Systems explosive legal filing against the…
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Abortion pills become latest battleground over reproductive rights
February 24, 2023
With abortion banned or severely restricted in 18 U.S. States, abortion pills have become the new battleground for the anti-abortion movement. In a story co-produced…
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Biden and Ukraine, one year later.
February 24, 2023
One year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the members of the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to demand Russia’s immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Ukraine. The…
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SCOTUS refused to rule about anti-BDS laws and free speech. Here’s why – interview
February 24, 2023
An appeal challenging anti-BDS law was rejected by the US Supreme Court on Tuesday, leaving the question of whether boycotts constitute free speech for another…
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A Win for the Anti-BDS Movement
February 24, 2023
Last week, I spoke to Josh Halpern, a research fellow and lecturer at Harvard Law School, regarding the constitutionality of state-level legislation designed to curb…
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‘Incredibly damning:’ Fox News documents stun some legal experts
February 23, 2023
The disclosure of emails and texts in which Fox News executives and personalities disparaged the same election conspiracies being floated on their shows has greatly…
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After they won their wage theft cases, they waited years to get paid. Some still wait.
February 23, 2023
Two years after his boss shorted him thousands of dollars in pay for his construction work, Marcos Tlacopilco won in court. When he learned the…
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Last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a century-old New York law that had effectively banned people from carrying handguns in the state. In a…
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Questions swirl around how Supreme Court will rule on Internet law and social media
February 23, 2023
It took the US Supreme Court nearly six hours over two days to hear arguments on a pair of cases with massive consequences for the…
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A Historian Makes History in Texas
February 22, 2023
An essay by Annette Gordon-Reed: After a period of firm resistance, I gave in last year and allowed my hometown school district to name a…
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Mike Pence wags the dog: His attempt to avoid testifying is constitutional nonsense
February 22, 2023
An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: Former Vice President Mike Pence’s faulty reasoning for resisting Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s subpoena has found its…
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WA lawmaker wants stronger domestic violence protections
February 22, 2023
What one expert called the first bill of its kind on domestic violence cleared a major hurdle last week, passing out of committee in the…
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Michael Cox was beaten by Boston police. Now he leads them.
February 22, 2023
Even as Bertha Cox’s memory was dimming and she didn’t recognize her son when he visited her in the nursing home, Michael Cox’s mother did…
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Why Big Tech should break itself apart
February 21, 2023
An op-ed by Mihir Desai: In the face of persistent antitrust cases, Big Tech firms should take the initiative and split legacy businesses from new,…
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Trial opens for former Kosovo fighter accused of war crimes
February 21, 2023
A former fighter with the Kosovo Liberation Army was responsible for the murder of one person and the illegal detention and torture of nearly 20…