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Statue of liberty.

Restricting civil liberties amid COVID-19 pandemic

Harvard Law School faculty Charles Fried and Nancy Gertner discuss new restrictions on individual freedoms

World|

DateMarch 25, 2020

Nancy Pelosi

On the road to impeachment?

Harvard legal and political experts explore the thorny legal and political implications of trying to unseat Trump

World|

DateSeptember 25, 2019September 27, 2019

President Donald Trump shakes hands with 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch, J.D. '91, his nominee for Supreme Court Justice.

Sizing up Gorsuch on style, substance

Law School grad would alter the tone, if not the balance, of court, scholars say

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DateFebruary 2, 2017February 3, 2017

“When you get into a taxi, that’s a contract,” said Harvard Law School Professor Charles Fried, who later answered questions during a talk at the Harvard Ed Portal.

Professor shares expertise on life’s contracts

Reflects on how the world works

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DateFebruary 3, 2016March 12, 2019

Capping a generation of swift social and legal change on gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is legal across the nation. Harvard analysts called the result a landmark shift that will take its place alongside major civil rights decisions.

‘One for the ages’

Harvard analysts see fundamental shift in ruling legalizing gay marriage nationally

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DateJune 26, 2015June 9, 2020

New political science research from Maya Sen (pictured) of the Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford University's Adam Bonica quantifies the political makeup of the nation’s judiciary. “The higher or more politically important the court, the more conservative it is, especially when compared to the overall population of attorneys,” the paper concludes.

The politics of jurisprudence

Conservatives lead upper ranks of judiciary, and liberals fare better in lower ones, research says

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DateFebruary 1, 2015July 26, 2019

“It was a good term for the Red Sox, a bad term for the Yankees, and a so-so term for gay marriage,” said Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law Michael Klarman, referring to the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8, during a Harvard Law School event moderated by Dean Martha Minow.

The Supreme Court, redux

Scholars review reasoning behind three key spring decisions

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DateOctober 1, 2013

A year and a day after President Obama made the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act official, three legal scholars took up the question of whether or not the it violates the U.S. Constitution. Among them were moderator I. Glenn Cohen (left), Randy Barnett, Charles Fried, and Laurence H. Tribe.

A constitutional question

Health care law destined for Supreme Court, scholars say

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DateMarch 25, 2011July 25, 2019

Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror

<h4>W.W. Norton, September 2010</h4><h5>By Gregory Fried and Charles Fried</h5>

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DateDecember 2, 2010