The problems posed by migrants seeking entry into Canada from New York illuminate the tensions over a bilateral immigration agreement that has outlived its usefulness.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Mortgage Bankers Scrambling Over Conservative Court Ruling
Faced with the potential invalidation of CFPB’s funding structure, the top lobbyist for mortgage companies asks Congress to write the agency’s rules into law.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions
The attorney general of Alabama finally went where the logic of the anti-abortion movement has long pointed.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will SCOTUS Revoke the Right to Strike?
A case argued this week could give worker-phobic Republican justices a chance to force workers to stay on the job.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
FTC Ban on Noncompetes Sets Up Huge Legal Fight
The agency used its dormant rulemaking authority to prohibit the wage suppression tactic. Conservatives are already positioning to fight the rule in the courts.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Administration Releases Brief in Student Debt Case
The court brief highlights how ruling to abolish student debt would be counterproductive to even conservative judicial interests.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Year in Review: The Visuals
Our art director takes a look at his favorite illustrations and photographs of the year.
Posted inWorking in America
Labor, Supply Chains, and Alito
Our editor at large lists his Best of 2022.
Posted inEducation in America
Black College Students: An Endangered Species, Unless They Play Ball
The disparity of graduation rates for Black and white scholarship athletes will become more glaring if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Day of Constitutional Reckoning Approaches
Section 2 of the 14th Amendment was designed to strip congressional districts from states that disenfranchise voters. It’s never been implemented.
