Themes
National & World Affairs
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IGs oversee most federal agencies. Why not the Supreme Court?
November 8, 2024
In a talk promoting his new book, ‘Watchdogs,' Glenn Fine ’85, a former inspector general of the Department of Justice, argued the U.S. Supreme Court would benefit from having one.
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Harvard Law alumni in Congress 2024: Election update
November 6, 2024
As Donald Trump won his presidential bid against Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 2024 election, we looked at how Harvard Law School alumni fared in United States congressional contests.
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Parsing the vulnerabilities of presidential elections
November 4, 2024
In a conversation with Larry Schwartztol, Lawrence Lessig describes how bad-faith actors could subvert the will of voters.
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Harvard Law’s Emily Broad Leib explains why the FDA is considering new front-of-package labels to call out foods with high fat, salt, and sugar.
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How much are your airline miles really worth?
October 23, 2024
Author and law professor Ganesh Sitaraman ’08 explains why the Department of Transportation is taking a close look at four major airlines’ rewards programs.
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Scholars trace the history of the group in U.S., discuss why many are wrestling with what it means for Israel, and their own place in nation’s culture.
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Recent Supreme Court decisions contribute to an “existential threat” for labor law, according to experts at Harvard Law's Center for Labor and a Just Economy.
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Harvard ‘taught me how to govern’
October 7, 2024
At a panel featuring the current leader of Luxembourg, and the former leaders of Peru and Taiwan, Harvard Law’s 100-year-old LL.M. program was praised for its global perspective and for emphasizing ‘how to be kind even when you have strong disagreements.’
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Low-profile, but not for long: Tracking trends ahead of the Supreme Court’s new term
October 4, 2024
Harvard Law emeritus professor Mark Tushnet explains why decisions are getting longer even as there are fewer of them — and how the election will affect the Court’s work.
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Experts preview the new Supreme Court term, at Harvard Law
October 3, 2024
Professor Stephen Sachs discusses high-profile cases on terrorism and medical care for transgender minors at an event sponsored by the Harvard Federalist Society.
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(Anti)Trust Issues
October 1, 2024
The Biden administration is cracking down on Big Tech. But will Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta go the way of Standard Oil?
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Lone Wolf No More
September 30, 2024
Five decades in, the Endangered Species Act remains one of the country’s most muscular environmental laws — and, despite its popularity, a continued target
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An economic soft landing is very plausible — but not guaranteed, says Harvard Law expert
September 12, 2024
Daniel Tarullo, a law professor and former Federal Reserve Bank member, says interest rates are coming down, but maybe not the cost of groceries.
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Truth in advertising, and now in politics
September 11, 2024
“TrueViews,” a new public opinion data tool designed by Harvard experts, could reduce political polarization by educating politicians about what their constituents actually believe.
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Did lawmakers know role of fossil fuels in climate change during Clean Air Act era?
September 11, 2024
According to a new paper by a team of science historians, more was known at mid-20th century about the dangers of human-caused climate change.
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Harvard Law expert Oren Bar-Gill helps deconstruct Disney’s argument for arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit
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DOJ’s lawsuit against TikTok signals more aggressive policing of children’s privacy online, says Harvard Law expert
August 12, 2024
Harvard Law digital privacy expert Leah Plunkett says that children’s data safety is just one of many problems with kids’ use of popular apps like TikTok.
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Harvard Law constitutional scholar Ryan Doerfler says that President Biden’s Supreme Court reforms don’t go far enough to ‘return … decision-making authority to elected officials’