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Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer is criticizing the high court’s refusal to block a Texas abortion statute that bans the procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy, allowing the red state to implement the strictest antiabortion law in the nation. In an interview with NPR, the 83-year-old justice appointed by President Bill Clinton said the Supreme Court’s unsigned opinion last wee...

In December, a group of Google managers responsible for overseeing thousands of its temporary staff members discovered the company had been underpaying some of those workers for years. The gap in so-called benchmark rates between what Google paid full-time employees and temporary workers doing similar work had widened significantly, according to internal company emails and documents reviewed ...

Supporters of former President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. | (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo) By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN 09/10/2021 04:30 AM EDT Just two days before armed rioters stormed and ransacked the Capitol, about 300 law enforcement officials got on a conference call to talk about the possibility that Donald Trump’s supporters would t...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ new abortion law — which bans abortions at about six weeks from the patient’s last menstrual period — rests on the actions of private citizens to enforce the law, rather than the government. While abortion patients themselves can’t be sued under the new law, anyone who performs ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that Texas has violated.” “The act is clearly unconstitu...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at an event to announce her choice of Democratic New York State Senator Brian Benjamin to be Lieutenant Governor, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York, August 26, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Wednesday that effectively bans the sale of new internal combustion engine cars, off-road vehicles, ligh...

Photo: Tawan Jz/Shutterstock.com What You Need to Know Some analysts think rate pressure could be a concern. Growth in worked rates has begun to cool. Yet, some firms continue to raise rates and see billing rate growth. It’s clear 2021 is going to be another profitable year for law firms. What’s unclear is just how much rate increases are shaping it; whether clients are at a breaking point ...

Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law has announced the creation of a new Center for Law and Transformational Technology supported by a startup grant from the Green Family Foundation. The Foundation’s support will allow the Kline School of Law to create a hub of research and teaching activity focused on legal issues emerging from significant advances in technology. The Center brin...

A group of abortion advocates hold a protest called “Bans Off Our Bodies” at the Texas Capitol at noon on Wednesday (KXAN/Monica Madden) AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than a week after Texas’ abortion law — which is now the most restrictive in the U.S. — took effect, the argument over whether or not the law is both constitutional and just is still raw. Over the past nine days, Texans on both sides o...

Ian Millhiser covers the Supreme Court for Vox. He says the Court's decision to uphold the law was a generational victory for abortion opponents: "They've spent many decades working for this moment." TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The Supreme Court's recent ruling allowing a Texas anti-abortion law to go into effect has implications for the future of abortion, law enfo...