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As government privatization efforts grow, lawsuits against federal contractors get more difficult
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As government privatization efforts grow, lawsuits against federal contractors get more difficult

  • Steph Tai, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Updated 13 hrs ago

The Supreme Court limited the ability of people to sue government contractors in state courts.

Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights
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Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

  • Robert D. Bland, University of Tennessee
  • Apr 30, 2026

The Supreme Court’s ruling that a Black-majority voting district in Louisiana is unconstitutional adds to a long and dismal history of government attempts to limit the power of minority voters.

Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana gerrymandering case redefines Voting Rights Act, making it harder to protect minority voting power and altering the landscape of future elections
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Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana gerrymandering case redefines Voting Rights Act, making it harder to protect minority voting power and altering the landscape of future elections

  • Sam D. Hayes, Simmons University
  • Updated Apr 29, 2026

The conservative majority at the US Supreme Court has issued a ruling in a gerrymandering case that one liberal justice called the ‘now-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.’

Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback
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Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback

  • Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University
  • Updated Apr 24, 2026

Denaturalization risks becoming a tool of political control, creating a permanent vulnerability for more than 20 million naturalized Americans.

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Demonstration connects students with K9 officers
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Demonstration connects students with K9 officers

  • By Thomas P. Caldwell, for The Laconia Daily Sun
  • Updated Apr 22, 2026

CAMPTON — Students from Mount Prospect Academy locations throughout the state learned how dogs track, find objects, detect bombs, and apprehen…

Why Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon prayer services challenge traditional notions of separation of church and state – but might be blessed by the Roberts Supreme Court
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Why Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon prayer services challenge traditional notions of separation of church and state – but might be blessed by the Roberts Supreme Court

  • John E. Jones III, Dickinson College
  • Updated Apr 15, 2026

When government officials hold prayer services, quote scripture and engage in religious proselytizing at the workplace, is it religious freedom – or an old-fashioned First Amendment violation?

Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades-old fight over civil rights law
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Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades-old fight over civil rights law

  • Ryan Creps, University at Buffalo
  • Updated Apr 9, 2026

In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today as the Trump administration places pressure on universities.

Supreme Court ruling on Colorado conversion therapy case is not a clear win for conservatives
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Supreme Court ruling on Colorado conversion therapy case is not a clear win for conservatives

  • Kevin Cope, University of Virginia
  • Updated Apr 3, 2026

The court decided Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy violated the free speech of a talk therapist.

Federal election observers once played a key role in securing voting rights for all − but times have changed
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Federal election observers once played a key role in securing voting rights for all − but times have changed

  • Allison Mashell Mitchell, University of Notre Dame
  • Updated Apr 1, 2026

After the Voting Rights Act, federal election observers helped ensure fair voting, but that oversight has increasingly shifted focus − to monitor what Washington says is voter fraud and accusations of cheating.

Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase
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Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase

  • Morgan Marietta, University of Tennessee
  • Updated Mar 30, 2026

Advocates for each side will provide a different explanation for who falls under ‘the jurisdiction’ of the United States.

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