Law
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US
Illinois Supreme Court Clears Way for State’s Sharp Gun Limits
The News The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s ban on certain high-powered guns, including AR-15-style rifles, a…
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News
The Absurd Republican Argument for Rolling Back Child Labor Laws
Last week, a law went into effect in Arkansas that allows 14- and 15-year-olds to work without a permit signed…
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World
Henri Konan Bédié, Ivory Coast President Deposed in a Coup, Dies at 89
As a longtime power broker he helped make his West African country an economic dynamo, but in office he fomented…
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News
The Unsettled Debate at the Heart of the Henrietta Lacks Case
Do we own our bodies? To an ordinary person, the answer is obviously yes. To a lawyer, it’s not at…
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US
The Charges That Were Notably Absent From the Trump Indictment
An indictment this week did not accuse former President Donald Trump of inciting the mob that attacked the Capitol, but…
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Business
Meta Begins Blocking News in Canada
The change came in response to a new law in Canada that requires tech companies to pay news outlets for…
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World
The Brains Behind Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is the face of his government’s effort to reduce judicial power. His justice minister,…
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US
Biden to Overhaul Military Justice Code, Seeking to Curb Sexual Assault
The largest overhaul of the Uniform Code of Military Justice since its creation in 1950 will remove commanders’ authority over…
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News
I Thought We Learned Mandatory Minimums Don’t Solve Drug Epidemics
Stories of narcotics-related death and debasement flooded the media. Politicians stoked panic about marijuana. Parents feared that teenagers would tip…
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News
If the Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre Can’t Receive Reparations, Who Will?
Among the most famous images related to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is a photo of two Black attorneys sitting…