For some conservatives, the Great Books are simply an anti-woke bulwark. But the case for them is much grander and more provocative 

Odd January 6 Trial Follow-On: Copying Expert's Report from Another Case, to File It in Your Case, May Infringe Copyright

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The Case for Banning Anti-Democratic Parties

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The Timing Of The Third Circuit's "Assault Firearms" Case

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No-Contact Orders Were Meant to Protect Students—Now They’re Being Used Against Them

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Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them

AI Will Supercharge Surveillance Capitalism

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The "Free Market" is More Popular than "Capitalism"

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