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The Budget Bill’s Troubling AI Provision
The truth is we don’t fully understand the power and potential of AI — or even how it works.
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Budget Bill Would Gut Federal Courts’ Ability to Enforce Orders
The legislation would make it harder for judges to hold defiant parties, including government officials, in contempt.
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Super PACs Push Up Price of New Jersey Governor Election
Fueled by wealthy interests and out-of-state money, record spending by super PACs made this year’s gubernatorial primaries ...
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Padilla’s Treatment Exemplifies Administration’s Use of Force to Suppress Dissent
The Trump administration has detained multiple members of Congress who were attempting to perform their oversight duties.
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Unpacking Trump’s Order Authorizing Domestic Deployment of the Military
Following two days of turbulent protests over ICE raids in Los Angeles County, President Trump issued a memorandum on ...
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Troops on the Streets of Los Angeles
Presidents have deployed troops to control civil unrest only 30 times before in U.S. history. The Posse Comitatus Act generally prohibits federal troops from engaging in civilian law enforcement.
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The Justice Department Is Shirking Its Responsibility to Voters
The department has reversed course, abandoning much of its inherited voting rights caseload and leaving the state of Section ...
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House Budget Bill Would Gut Federal Courts’ Ability to Enforce Orders
The legislation would make it harder for judges to hold defiant parties, including government officials, in contempt.
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Will Courts Keep Checking the President?
Last week in the Oval Office, the president was peeved when a reporter shared an acronym apparently used on Wall Street: TACO ...
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Judge Shopping, Explained
A federal judge in Texas made news in January when he allowed a suit filed by Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri to proceed against the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of medication abortion, based ...