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SCOTUS Sneak Peek: Impeachment, Drugs, and Religion (PODCAST)

The Supreme Court will hear two days of arguments on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Chief Justice John Roberts will be there, but then he crosses the street in the afternoon to preside over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate.

Teachers Leverage #RedForEd Walkouts to Win Bigger Pay Boosts

Teacher strikes across the U.S. have yielded a marked increase in bargained wages since a headline-grabbing 2018 walkout in West Virginia reinvigorated #RedforEd protests in states and major cities across the country, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.

GE’s Supreme Court Appeal Plan Tests Patent Challenge Tactics

General Electric Co. is poised to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider when patent challengers can appeal a loss at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, drawing attention to a question that can influence companies’ strategies for warding off infringement lawsuits.

PFAS: The 'Forever Chemicals'

97% of Americans have a detectable amount of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in their blood, but we don’t yet know all of their health effects. The EPA says more than 600 PFAS chemicals are in the marketplace in the U.S., and the OECD says there could be 5,000 types worldwide. States are racing to regulate PFAS, while the federal government lags.

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