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SCOTUS will decide whether subjects of domestic-violence restraining orders can be banned from gun ownership

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide the constitutionality of a federal law that bans gun ownership by people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders.



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Lost Trust: US intelligence community must make reforms, change culture to regain public faith

To combat the American public’s loss of faith in the intelligence community, agencies must make reforms and create a culture of compliance and concern, according to panelists at “Lost Trust: Politics and Intelligence,” a webinar hosted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security.



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A Framework for Reparations: Scholars worked years to develop detailed, 'feasible' plan

For decades, politicians, scholars and activists have debated whether there should be reparations for slavery, and if so, what form that compensation would take. In The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice, authors William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen and Lucas Hubbard work to answer all questions and move the reparations discussion from theory to action, tapping an interdisciplinary team to create a framework to advance the cause.



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Supreme Court strikes down student loan forgiveness; Roberts warns of 'disturbing' feature of some opinions

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, holding that it was not authorized by a law allowing modification of student-aid programs during national emergencies.



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Supreme Court rules for Christian businesswoman who won't make websites for same-sex weddings

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the First Amendment protects a web designer who refuses to create websites for same-sex weddings.



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Professor who was one of first to write about the 'law school scam' brings Title VII claim

Paul Campos, a University of Colorado Boulder law professor known for his writings about the legal academy being based on an unsustainable economic model, has filed a federal complaint against his employer alleging discrimination and retaliation.



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Postal worker who quit over Sunday hours gets new chance for religious-bias claim, thanks to Supreme Court

Workers seeking a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act may have an easier time in the courts as a result of a decision Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court.



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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her mark during first term on the Supreme Court

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson “has hit the ground running,” says Ralph Richard Banks, a professor at Stanford Law School and faculty director of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice. “She seems to have already found her voice, both literally in oral arguments and in her opinions.”



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SCOTUS strikes down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard, University of North Carolina

Citing the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.



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Pro-Trump lawyers deserve sanctions for 'whole raft' of baseless election claims, 6th Circuit says

Lawyers who support former President Donald Trump deserve sanctions for their lawsuit alleging that Michigan officials “fraudulently manipulat[ed] the vote” in November 2020 through a “wide-ranging interstate—and international—collaboration” to ensure a win for now-President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.



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