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Love wins World Cup women's bobsled bronze for US, heading into holiday break on tour
1 week, 1 day ago

Love wins World Cup women's bobsled bronze for US, heading into holiday break on tour

Hindustan Times  

SIGULDA, Latvia — Kaysha Love is going into the World Cup bobsled holiday break on a high note. HT Image Love and Jasmine Jones paired up to win bronze for the U.S. in a women's bobsled race Sunday, the final day of sliding on the World Cup circuits before all three tours — bobsled, skeleton and luge — take some …

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White supremacy with a law degree: How do we escape "The Originalism Trap"?
5 months, 1 week ago

White supremacy with a law degree: How do we escape "The Originalism Trap"?

Salon  

In her new book, “The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back,” Madiba K. Dennie critiques the legal doctrine known as "originalism," calling it a movement born out of opposition to the school desegregation mandated by the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. Dennie, deputy editor at the legal …

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Disney DeSantis lawsuit explained: Why the approach is troubling.
1 year, 7 months ago

Disney DeSantis lawsuit explained: Why the approach is troubling.

Slate  

On Wednesday, Disney escalated its battle with Ron DeSantis by filing a lawsuit to attempt to stop the Florida governor’s efforts to revoke the company’s control over the district it self-governs. Its primary theory is that these officials ran afoul of the contracts clause, which says that no state may pass a law “impairing the obligation of contracts.” The most …

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The GOP’s answer to labor shortages? Put kids to work
1 year, 8 months ago

The GOP’s answer to labor shortages? Put kids to work

Raw Story  

Business owners are complaining that no one wants to work anymore and there’s a labor crisis in America. Initially, many attempts by the labor movement to protect workers from unfair hour requirements and extremely low wages were struck down by the Supreme Court for violating the supposed right to “freedom of contract.” In Lochner v. New York in 1905, the …

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Kaillie Humphries of US wins 100th major bobsled medal
1 year, 11 months ago

Kaillie Humphries of US wins 100th major bobsled medal

Associated Press  

ALTENBERG, Germany — Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. got a milestone medal Saturday, winning a World Cup women’s monobob race for the 100th top-three finish of her career in major international competition. She’s won another 11 medals in monobob events — including Olympic gold at Beijing last year — plus 10 more on the North American Cup circuit and nine …

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