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Justices side with Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board in public records dispute

Thursday’s decision in Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo took the straight and narrow approach to resolving the case. Ignoring the threshold questions on which the court had not granted review

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The morning read for Tuesday, May 16

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: US Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen hypoxia (Associated Press)

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Court ruling gives Guatemalan woman new chance to appeal deportation

In an opinion released on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that noncitizens subject to deportation do not have to ask the Board of Immigration Appeals to reconsider its allegedly erroneous decisions before seeking judicial review in the federal courts of

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There’s No Way The Effects Of The Affirmative Action Cases Will Stop At College’s Front Door

I'm going to change the last name on my resume to something safer just in case. How's Christopher Smith? They'd give him a job for sure. The post There’s No Way The Effects Of The Affirmative Action Cases Will Stop At College’s Front Door app

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