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National & World Affairs
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Harvard Law’s Benjamin I. Sachs says the labor movement’s successes this year may be the ‘start of a virtuous cycle of union wins’.
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Harvard Law’s Richard Lazarus says that while the pro-environment ruling in Held v. Montana is a reason to celebrate, the impact could be limited.
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If left unaddressed, Kansas newspaper raid could chill press freedom, says Harvard Law expert
August 17, 2023
A search of the Marion County Record offices may have violated the First Amendment and 1980’s Privacy Protection Act, says David McCraw, a lecturer on law and top New York Times lawyer.
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How to think about AI
June 27, 2023
Machine-generated output is raising a host of legal and ethical questions around authorship, fair use, copyright, and more.
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Harvard Law School researcher Ashley Nunes says electric vehicles aren't a sure-fire climate change solution.
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Laurence Tribe says in requiring the president to pay U.S. debts it supersedes debt-limit law and breaks the impasse over GOP demands
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What critics get wrong — and right — about the Supreme Court’s new ‘major questions doctrine’
April 19, 2023
Oren Tamir, a post-doctoral fellow, says that many of the critiques of the major questions doctrine tend to miss the mark — and that, with some changes, the doctrine could be fixed in ways that would make it a valuable contribution for our law and democracy.
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Former national security official Timothy Edgar says that the government isn’t doing enough to protect classified computer systems.
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Some intelligence leaks are better than others
April 17, 2023
Rep. Adam Schiff contrasts the recent disclosure of U.S. documents and Russian invasion buildup in a Kennedy School talk on foreign policy and the future of democracy.
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Time for Supreme Court to adopt ethics rules?
March 30, 2023
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner says a lack of transparency and recent incidents involving justices, spouses, and activists have tarnished the Court's public standing.
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Harvard Law graduate and visiting researcher Svitlana Starosvit traces the historic causes of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cautions against a settlement that includes concessions of Ukrainian territory.
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Bailouts for everyone?
March 16, 2023
Daniel Tarullo, who served as a Fed regulator, discusses the moral hazard and the implications for inflation after the SVB collapse rocks Washington and Wall Street.
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Experts on law and policy say the originalist view used to overturn Roe v. Wade could upend a 1976 ruling based on the cruel and unusual punishment clause.
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Will the US ban TikTok?
February 23, 2023
Timothy Edgar, a former national security and intelligence official and lecturer at Harvard Law School, says a full ban of the video-sharing app isn’t likely, but regulation may be needed.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to Deliver Keynote at March 1 Conference on Best Practices for Law School Data
February 21, 2023
Harvard Law School and Yale Law School will convene law deans and education experts from around the country on March 1st to discuss paths forward…
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Is global tide turning in favor of autocrats?
February 16, 2023
Former Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth says that autocrats tend to become more isolated and make poorer decisions as they consolidate power.
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National security expert Elena Chachko argues that the Russia's war against Ukraine has given both NATO and the European Union new purpose and energy.
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Supreme Court considers how far Section 230 should go in shielding Google, Twitter and other tech companies
February 13, 2023
Harvard Law’s John Palfrey says that lawsuits against Google and Twitter might be among ‘the most consequential Supreme Court cases related to the internet in the technology’s history.’
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The American dream costs more than $29,000 a year
February 1, 2023
Walmart has become a better corporate citizen, ‘Still Broke’ author Rick Wartzman says, but problems with U.S. labor practices run deeper than one company.
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Sullivan, Criminal Justice Institute part of suit against Florida’s migrant relocation program
December 9, 2022
A lawsuit joined by Ronald Sullivan Jr. and Harvard Law School's Criminal Justice Institute alleges that a plan by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to move asylum seekers to Massachusetts violated the Constitution.
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Will anything come of Jan. 6 hearings?
November 30, 2022
Jamie Raskin, a member of the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, previews the committee's final report, sketches out possible legal charges, and discusses proposals for election-process changes.