Kavanaugh's 'judge as umpire' metaphor sounds neutral but it's deeply conservative
Sep 10, 2018 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh invoked baseball to explain his judicial philosophy at his confirmation hearing. A good judge, he said in his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 4,...
Donald Trump anonymous staffer speaks out – treason or a public service?
Sep 09, 2018 21:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
One of Donald Trumps senior White House staff has made a truly unprecedented move against their ultimate boss. The staffer anonymously published an opinion piece in the New York Times, in which the individual described a...
Explainer: can you copyright furniture?
Sep 04, 2018 13:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Furniture stores are often filled with designs that look similar to others. But is copying furniture legal, and should we feel bad about buying replicas? Recently, interior designers accused the supermarket Aldi of...
Aug 28, 2018 16:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Politics usually takes a summer vacation in August. But not during the Trump administration. On Aug. 21, Michael Cohen, who until recently was President Trumps long-time personal lawyer, surrendered to federal...
Big Tobacco is consistently overstating black market in cigarettes – new findings
Aug 28, 2018 16:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
Whats the size of the black market in tobacco and who is behind it? These questions have dogged governments, public health advocates, researchers and the tobacco industry for years. The worlds biggest tobacco companies...
Child pornography may make a comeback after court ruling guts regulations protecting minors
Aug 28, 2018 15:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
A federal appeals court judge just made it a lot easier for the pornography industry to abuse and exploit children for profit. The Aug. 3 legal decision, which has received far less media attention that it deserves,...
India has a sexual assault problem that only women can fix
Aug 28, 2018 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
India is the most dangerous country for sexual violence against women, according to the Thomson Reuters Foundation 2018 survey. The survey, which measures sexual and non-sexual violence, discrimination, cultural...
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