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Media Mentions
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Is SCOTUS a political institution? Do its holdings bend to popular culture? Can universities consider race in their admissions process? No, they cannot… because the…
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Three food-delivery giants are suing New York City to block minimum pay standards for gig workers, arguing that regulators used faulty data to calculate the…
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The United States is home to an enormous array of animal industries — including industrial agriculture, fur farming and the exotic pet trade — that…
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Which Corporate Diversity Efforts Are Now Illegal?
July 6, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s landmark affirmative action ruling ending race-conscious college admissions has sparked a new debate: Does it curtail companies…
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Fireworks on the Fourth of July? Of course. But nobody expected they’d come from a federal courthouse in Monroe, La. In a sweeping, scathing decision,…
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A conversation with the Korean-Australian author, Bo Seo [JD ’24], about his book Good Arguments…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s conservative judicial revolution is taking on a recognizable, three-pronged structure. On big-ticket, hot button issues, like abortion…
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President Joe Biden’s new plan to pursue student loan forgiveness for millions of borrowers is likely to face hurdles, law professors told Newsweek. Biden on…
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision blocking the Biden administration’s forgiveness of federal student loans cements the conservative majority’s desire to check broad agency authority, but…
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Legal scholars: SCOTUS can’t be forced to reconsider “made-up” case — but lawyers can be punished
July 5, 2023
Legal scholars pushed back on former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal’s claim that the Supreme Court may be compelled to reexamine a recent case after…
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Massachusetts child welfare officials violated a mother’s constitutional rights when they denied her request for a hearing to challenge neglect allegations, a Suffolk Superior Court…
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With the recent spate of privacy-focused investigations, government regulators may be looking to send Big Tech a message — and it’s landing in Seattle’s tech-fueled…
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The brawny display of conservative power that closed the Supreme Court term this week reinforced one truism about the court and obscured another. A trio…
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How to Stave Off Constitutional Extinction
July 5, 2023
An op-ed by Jill Lepore: Every Fourth of July, Americans celebrate independence, but it might be more significant, more pregnant with meaning, to celebrate amendment…
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The Supreme Court ended its term this week in familiar fashion, issuing blockbuster conservative decisions on affirmative action, gay rights and student loans that divided…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In a defeat for equal rights, the Supreme Court has ruled that a Christian website designer may refuse to make…
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The union clash over Pride décor at Starbucks Corp. cafes poses a broader test on free speech in the workplace, with the coffee giant accusing…
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The nonprofit Equal Citizens began crowdsourcing for a video contest this week that could earn the winner at least $50,000, attorney and political activist Lawrence…
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In siding with a graphic designer who did not want to make customized websites celebrating same-sex marriages, the Supreme Court Friday emphasized the right to…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In a major rebuff to the Biden administration, the Supreme Court has struck down, 6-3, the $430 billion student loan…
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An op-ed co-written by Laurence Tribe: This week, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that businesses generally open to the public can nonetheless…