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Home The Modern Law Library This Harvard Law prof thinks constitutional… The Modern Law Library This Harvard Law prof thinks constitutional theory is a terrible way to pick a judge By Lee Rawles March 5, 2025, 9:04 am CST What if we are asking the wrong questions when selecting American judges? Mark Tushnet thinks our current criteria might be off. “We should look for judges who are likely to display good judgment in their rulings, … and we shouldn’t care whether they have a good theory about how to interpret the Constitution as a whole—and maybe we should worry a…

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Over 16 million international visitors travel to Dubai annually, along with countless residents looking for reliable, cost-effective transportation options. Traveling through the city and its surrounding regions requires a convenient, dependable solution, especially for those staying short-term or individuals who need vehicles for a longer duration.Enter OneClickDrive, a platform that has simplified the process of renting vehicles in Dubai. With its expansive inventory, competitive pricing, and seamless booking process, OneClickDrive has reshaped how both tourists and residents interact with car rental services in the city.A Marketplace That Caters to Everyone OneClickDrive.com stands out as the go-to marketplace to rent a…

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Since the Trump administration moved to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month, the bureau has dropped nine lawsuits that it had brought on behalf of consumers. The actions effectively freed major financial firms like Capital One and the mortgage giant Rocket Homes from the threat of consequences for their alleged significant wrongdoing, shocking consumer advocates and raising questions about the future of America’s consumer watchdog. For their part, when the cases were dropped, the companies lauded…

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Nikhil InamdarBBC News, MumbaiGettyPrivate sector expenditure in overall investments in India’s economy dipped to a decadal low What will it take for India’s private companies to begin investing in building new factories and firms?It’s a question that’s confounded policymakers for years. As a share of gross domestic product (GDP), private investment in India has been on the decline since the global financial crisis of 2007, even while the overall economy clocked world-beating growth rates.After a long hiatus, the investment rate picked up slightly in 2022 and 2023, but latest data from a leading ratings agency shows private sector expenditure as…

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs to get a deal done with TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the short video app used by 170 million Americans.ByteDance has an April 5 deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or face a U.S. ban on national security grounds that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.Trump said he was willing to extend the deadline if an agreement over the social media app was not reached.”With respect to TikTok, and China is going to have to play a…

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OPINION ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Mar 26, 2025 at 11:50 am The court heard Bondi v. VanDerStok at the start of the term in October. (Amy Lutz via Shutterstock) This article was update on March 26 at 2:04 p.m. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden-era rule regulating so-called “ghost guns” – untraceable weapons without serial numbers, assembled from components or kits that can be bought online. By a vote of 7-2, the justices held that the Gun Control Act of 1968 allows the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to regulate at least some ghost guns,…

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Home Daily News Missouri judge suspended for ‘grossly untimely… Judiciary Missouri judge suspended for ‘grossly untimely performance of his duties’ while deflecting blame By Debra Cassens Weiss March 5, 2025, 9:23 am CST A Missouri judge has been suspended for a year without pay for taking years to issue some rulings while falsely telling judicial regulators and attorneys that he had delivered judgments to court clerks in unresolved cases. (Image from Shutterstock) Updated: A Missouri judge has been suspended for a year without pay for taking years to issue some rulings while falsely telling judicial regulators and attorneys that he…

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Perfect for a quick Eid break…City life can get busy, so if you’re thinking that you need a little break this Eid, there are plenty of options that are short flights from Dubai or Abu Dhabi. Here is our guide to some of the best destinations, within a short hop from the UAE. 3 of 12 MaldivesA bucket list location for so many people around the world and we are so lucky to be able to fly there in a few hours from the UAE. One of the most picturesque places in the world, I think everyone recognises those famous…

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If you’ve ever felt scammed by a mortgage company, auto lender, credit reporting agency or other financial institution, you might have turned to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for help. In recent years, millions of Americans have filed complaints with the agency. Sometimes they did so after a long, unsuccessful back-and-forth with customer service representatives. In other cases, a friend, family member or advocate referred them. The number of complaints — about payday loans, debt collection practices and more — has been growing steadily. The federal agency fielded 2.7 million of them last year, and half of those resulted in…

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Barbara Plett UsherBBC News, Port SudanAFPCivilians have been celebrating the army’s recent territorial gains, from the presidential palace to the airport in the capital KhartoumThe Sudanese army has told the BBC it has recaptured the airport in the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary RSF, marking its latest territorial gain in the brutal two-year civil war.Gen Mohamed Abdel Rahman al-Bilawi, commander of the operation in eastern Khartoum, said troops had fully secured it and might be able to clear the rest of the RSF fighters by the end of day.The army has been moving swiftly since recapturing the presidential palace on…

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