Does gender make a difference on a jury?
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Do women in the Oval Office or the courtroom make a genuine difference? Research from English juries suggest they do.
How hard should it be for the FBI to get access to your iPhone’s data?
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The court order to Apple is consistent with the existing law and previous Supreme Court decisions.
The casket of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is carried between rows of Supreme Court clerks.
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Scalia’s legacy as an activist against judicial activism will be long-lived.
Flags fly at half mast at the Supreme Court days after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.
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A constitutional legal scholar argues that Justice Scalia’s death set off a partisan fight precisely because Supreme Court justices are very much political actors, driven by values as much by law.
Rumors abounded in the days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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How do rational people get sucked into believing conspiracies? According to research, we’re more susceptible than you’d think.
In addition to the Clean Power Act policy for climate change, the Supreme Court will be hearing cases on the extent of protections under the Clean Water Act.
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A look at Scalia’s decidedly negative legacy on environment reveals how important the next Supreme Court will be on environmental questions, including the EPA Clean Power Plan.
Down to eight: the US Supreme Court.
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President Obama’s opponents are saying he should leave the choice of a Supreme Court justice to his successor. But that could leave the nation’s highest court in limbo.
Obama has some difficult steps to climb to appoint a justice to replace Antonin Scalia.
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There are just four steps to appointing a Supreme Court justice – but that’s not to say it’s going to be an easy process for Obama.
By putting a temporary halt to Obama’s cornerstone climate policy, the Supreme Court puts the next president in the driver’s seat.
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Even before the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s stay placed the fate of the EPA Clean Power Plan into the hands of the next president.
Supreme Court justices at the State of the Union: will its surprising EPA decision be seen as an environmental version of the controversial Bush v. Gore?
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By halting Obama’s cornerstone climate policy before considering its legality, the Supreme Court could further tarnish its partisan reputation.
Supreme Court ruling allows consumers and businesses to make money by reducing power and other grid services.
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An obscure Supreme Court ruling paves the way for people and businesses to earn money with distributed energy technologies.
FDR’s New Deal helped end Depression-era lines like this one.
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A case before the Supreme Court could deal a major blow to unions, highlighting the need for leaders of business and labor to negotiate a new New Deal.
What are free speech rights of students when they are off-campus?
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The Supreme Court will soon decide if it will hear a case involving the off-campus speech rights of students.
Justice Antonin Scalia’s recent comments have provoked a lot of reaction.
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Scholars argue that the affirmative action case could have consequences for the educational success of students of color.
People queue up outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC to hear the case of Fisher v University of Texas, Austin.
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As the affirmative action case comes up before the US Supreme Court again, the question being asked is how much diversity is enough?
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Rosa Parks was a hero in the fight against segregation … but she was just one of many.
Why the racist incidents at Mizzou are not surprising.
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I taught at Mizzou from 1996 to 2008. Here’s why the events don’t surprise me.
Easton Woodhead has been found not guilty of murder on the basis of mental impairment, but he did not walk free from the court.
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Despite the many people with mental illness who go to prison, successful defences of mental impairment are rare. But this is not a ‘get out of jail free’ card and should be more accessible.
Where should schools draw the line?
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Courts have left teachers and administrators without adequate guidance on schoolchildren’s free speech rights. Should schools exercise censorship?
AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo is fighting a 12-year jail sentence for arson and other crimes.
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By challenging the courts, King Dalindyebo is testing the degree of impunity with which traditional leaders can get away.