We have written a couple of times about the 23&Me phenomenon and the chance that those who enter this unknown world come back not just surprised but possibly creeped out by their quest for ancestral knowledge. USA Today published on this recently and cited a 2022 study by Baylor University of 23,000 people who “took the test” related to their parentage. That study was published in the American Journal of Human Genetics in 2022. It found that 3% learned that … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
- Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to consumer protection agency (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
- At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display (Jodi Kantor, The New York Times)
- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pressed on questions over friend’s $ 267,000 RV loan (Josephine Rozzelle & Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC)
- CFPB Supreme Court Win Is
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On Thursday, May 16 we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term.
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New York’s recently approved 2024 – 2025 budget brings two major changes to the landscape of leave and accommodation laws that New York employers need to know about.
Paid Lactation Breaks
Effective June 19, 2024, all private sector employers (regardless of size) will be required to provide 30 minutes of paid break time to employees who need to express breast milk for a nursing child at work. Employees must also be allowed to use any existing paid break or meal … Read the rest
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Over a written dissent by two justices, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a death penalty case asking them to weigh in on when jury selection begins and the defendant has a right to be present. The order in Sandoval v. Texas came as part of a list of orders from the justices’ private conference last week. The justices did not add any new cases to their docket for the 2024-25 term.
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The environmental climate change case that has attracted the most attention, Juliana v. United States has come to an unceremonious end and all Americans should be concerned. On May 1, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered, “The district court is instructed to dismiss the case forthwith for lack of Article III standing, without leave to amend.”
Without regard to one’s perspective on the merits of the claims, the dismissal of this case after nearly a decade … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
- Supreme Court Rules Against Women Whose Cars Were Seized by the Police (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
- US Supreme Court rules against Warner Music in copyright damages case (Blake Brittain, Reuters)
- Sotomayor reflects on fairness, justice in virtual Albany talk (Patrick Tine, The Times Union)
- Solicitors general, past and present, reflect on ups
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We’ll be live this morning at 9:45 a.m. EDT, as the court issues one or more opinion from the current term. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:
- Black voters ask Supreme Court to back Louisiana’s congressional map in messy fight over race (John Fritze, Tierney Sneed, & Fredreka Schouten, CNN)
- Black Louisiana voters ask US supreme court to confirm congressional