Steward’s evasion of creditors in its spectacular bankruptcy even includes the wrongful death settlement for a young mom.
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Elon Musk Thinks Advertisers Not Paying Him Money Should Be Illegal
America’s right-wing judicial tyrants face their most preposterous lawsuit yet.
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Trump Skates Again in Aileen Cannon’s Court
We all saw this coming a mile away.
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Judges Block Huge Loophole in Lending Discrimination
The Seventh Circuit reversed a lower-court ruling that effectively would have made it legal to put up ‘Whites Only’ signs in businesses or on websites.
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Student Loan Rulings Highlight Unaccountable Judicial Power—Again
Two judges this week invalidated part of a program that’s been in place for 30 years. The rulings contradict each other and seem unworkable in practice.
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Alvin Bragg Was Right, His Critics Were Wrong
A jury of his peers agreed that Donald Trump deserved to be prosecuted in the Stormy Daniels case.
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The CFPB Ruling Strikes a Blow for Governing
Instead of giving in to cynicism, Congress created an agency to protect consumers. The Supreme Court declined to overrule it.
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Republican Court Rulings Keep Helping Republicans Win Elections
A redistricting case from Louisiana that could get resolved today illustrates the way conservative judges handle voting rights cases with their thumbs on the scale.
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Judge Hearing Noncompete Cases Holds Stock in Companies That Use Noncompetes
Judge J. Campbell Barker’s stock portfolio is a spreadsheet full of conflicts of interest.
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Plaintiff Trying to Reverse Noncompete Ban Is Trump’s Tax Adviser
G. Brint Ryan has advised Trump on tax policy. His company is dedicated to ‘liberating our clients from the burden of being overtaxed.’
