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A federal judge’s ruling to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s longstanding approval of the abortion pill mifepristone poses threats to the U.S. government’s regulatory…
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New York City’s Budget; A Wild Day in Tennessee’s Capitol; Child Labor; The Good Friday Agreement at 25; #BL (Spring) Trees
April 10, 2023
Coming up on today’s show: Mayor Adams has called for city agencies to cut their budgets, but the Independent Budget Office found the city is…
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Two conflicting rulings Friday by federal judges in Texas and Washington over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone has left access to the drug…
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The Unequal Racial Burdens of Rising Seas
April 10, 2023
All true climate-change stories are about the abuse of power. Knowing this, Susan Crawford makes a plea for climate justice in “Charleston,” her sweeping case…
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When his post office started requiring that he deliver Amazon packages on Sundays in 2015, Gerald Groff told his boss he couldn’t do the shift:…
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‘It’s creating enormous chaos’: Legal experts, political leaders blast Texas court ruling that could affect access to abortion pill
April 10, 2023
Massachusetts political leaders and health advocates pledged an all-out defense of women’s reproductive rights Saturday following an order from a Texas judge Friday that experts…
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So you’ve been defamed by a chatbot
April 7, 2023
Add defamation to the long list of legal areas that are on a collision course with AI. Yesterday, the mayor of an Australian shire northwest…
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Nearly three decades old, HIPAA appears obsolete and riddled with new technology-induced gaps. Why it matters: With regulators unable and politicians unwilling to address the…
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Michelle Yeoh to speak at Harvard Law School’s Class Day
April 6, 2023
Harvard Law School announced that actress Michelle Yeoh will be its 2023 Class Day speaker. The Class Day ceremony will be held on May 24.
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Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
April 6, 2023
IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet…
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The U.S. government asked a North Carolina federal judge to deny a former assistant federal public defender’s deposition of Chief Circuit Judge Roger L. Gregory…
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Environmental Advocates Protest Outside EPA Headquarters Over the Slow Pace of New Climate and Clean Air Regulations
April 6, 2023
As supporters and opponents of Donald Trump traded chants of “Lock him up” and “USA” outside a Manhattan courtroom during the arraignment of the former…
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An article by Joe Bak-Coleman: Over the past month, generative AI has ignited a flurry of discussion about the implications of software that can generate…
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Coming up on today’s show: Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic and former staff attorney at the Transgender Legal Defense…
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Experts say Trump prosecution far from sure thing
April 5, 2023
The juxtaposition could hardly be starker. In one of the most consequential prosecutions in the country’s history, the alleged criminal acts are based on routine…
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One day after he was arrested and arraigned on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Donald Trump is calling for Republicans to “defund” the FBI…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The criminal indictment of former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump is historic and unprecedented. It stands for the…
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The U.S. Department of Energy issued a draft report in February that found a “pressing need” for new electric transmission infrastructure across the country to…
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An article by Susan Crawford: Predictions about how much water is coming vary greatly. Some scientists say we should be planning on three feet of…
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Labs of Oppression
April 5, 2023
On very clear days, you can follow the rolling hills surrounding the Palestinian city of Yatta all the way to the Dead Sea on one…
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Stronger protections needed to stop ‘upsurge’ in US child labor violations, expert says
April 4, 2023
Labor law expert Terri Gerstein has one word to describe the current trends in child labor: “bizarre.” Recent investigations by The New York Times, the…