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Amid high political tensions, Healey administration weighs in on federal protections for trans student athletes
May 16, 2023
Governor Maura Healey’s administration on Monday stepped into what has quickly become a political minefield: transgender student participation in school sports. Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler…
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Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School professor emeritus, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss if Tribe’s op-ed piece made any waves in the debt ceiling…
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The Real Scandal Surrounding Clarence Thomas’s Gifts
May 15, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: Law and ethics are two different things. In 1991, the year Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court,…
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The Second Amendment Allows a Ban on the AR-15
May 15, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: As the endless parade of mass shootings continues, you might find yourself wondering: Just how far does the Second Amendment…
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If Joe Biden and House Republicans fail to reach a debt deal, the crisis could get tossed to the Supreme Court — where it would…
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Butter spray and “spreadable fruit” are just a few of the consumer food products targeted in false advertising class actions amid an apparent spike in…
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Power Shift: In less than a decade, the state’s electric grid must dramatically transform. It won’t be easy.
May 15, 2023
There is nothing sexy about the electric grid. It’s a thing we don’t think about — plug in your phone charger, flip on your lights,…
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The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
May 15, 2023
“To take the 14th Amendment off the table is to say that part of the Constitution no longer binds us. We can’t do that…it would…
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Opinion: Is your fridge filled with ‘expired’ food? Here’s why you shouldn’t throw it away
May 12, 2023
An op-ed by Emily Broad Leib: If on digging through your fridge you find food stamped with a phrase such as “Enjoy by,” “Best before,”…
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Back in 2021, President Joe Biden announced the administration’s new Justice40 Initiative through Executive Order 14008. The program’s aim is that 40 percent of the…
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The Dark Side of Defamation Law
May 11, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: In the early years of our country, public men who felt maligned could end up killing over it. The…
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She ran Harvard Law School and mentored future politicians. Now she wants them to get along
May 11, 2023
In February 2020, Martha Minow stepped up to the podium at a U.S. State Department conference to address a task force assembled by Secretary of…
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The Biden administration on Thursday announced the first regulations to limit greenhouse pollution from existing power plants, capping an unparalleled string of climate policies that,…
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‘Mr. President, if you’re listening…’: Laurence Tribe on how to end GOP debt default crisis
May 11, 2023
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is joined by Harvard Constitutional Law Professor Laurence Tribe, who’s advised three Democratic presidents on separation of powers and the 14th Amendment,…
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EPA proposes new rules that would dramatically slash planet-warming pollution from power plants
May 11, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday will propose one of its most highly anticipated climate rules to date, compelling nearly all US power plants that…
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President Joe Biden made waves Tuesday when he acknowledged he was considering using the 14th Amendment to end the debt standoff — before saying he…
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Biden “considering” debt ceiling escape clause
May 10, 2023
President Biden publicly signaled on Tuesday that he’s weighing options to take debt ceiling default off the table in the future, including a controversial theory…
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Artificial intelligence is the ultimate double-edged sword. It’s advancing medical technology at an astonishing rate and improving the quality of life globally, but it’s also…
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When Clarence Thomas was accepted to Yale Law School in 1971, the school’s stated goal was for students of color like him to make up…
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A Climate-Smart Farm Bill Can Save Lives
May 10, 2023
In August 2017, as wildfires raged across British Columbia, a blanket of smoke settled over the neighboring state of Washington, turning the sun blood-red and…
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Amid raging debate in Congress over Supreme Court ethics, White House reluctant to step in
May 9, 2023
Chatter on Capitol Hill about ethical standards at the Supreme Court has reached a fever pitch following the steady stream of revelations about Justice Clarence…