President Trump issued a new travel ban last night slated to go into effect June 9, and while court challenges are likely, they may fail says Cornell Law scholar Stephen Yale-Loehr. 

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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning on whether lower courts have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions – broad rulings that have, among other things, blocked President Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, but the outcome will depend on whether the justices think an alternative to nationwide injunctions is workable says Cornell Law School visiting assistant professor Jacob Hamburger. 

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President Trump urged pharmaceutical companies to reduce their drug prices within a month to align more closely with those in other wealthy nations, warning that failure to comply could result in strict limits on their Medicare earnings, indicating that the pharmaceutical industry is not out of the hot seat says Cornell University professor Colleen Carey. 

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While U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to favor the idea that religious parents can remove their children from public school lessons that include LGBTQ themes, this situation prompts reflection on the boundaries of religious liberty in a pluralistic society says Cornell University professor Landon Schnabel. 

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Providing Democrats with a long-awaited boost in energy, Cory Booker's historic speech in the U.S. Senate, in protest of President Trump's policies, was long-awaited “good trouble” within the Democratic Party says Cornell University professor Alexander Livingston. 

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Ian Greer is a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), comments on newly announced 25 percent tariffs on cars and car parts imported into the U.S.

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As a government shutdown looms, Senate Republicans are faced with the fact that they do not have enough votes to pass the stopgap spending bill, while Senate Democrats grapple with whether or not to support the House GOP bill, but this vote will also illustrate how much power Congress is willing to cede to President Trump says Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy lecturer Dan Lamb.

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House Republicans narrowly pushed through a budget plan last night, the first step in securing President Trump’s legislative priorities, but not without consequence says Cornell University professor David Bateman. 

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Heather Murray, the associate director of the Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic and the managing attorney of the Clinic’s Local Journalism Project, comments on a temporary restraining order requiring a local newspaper, The Clarksdale Press Register, to delete an editorial critical of city officials. 

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Tech mogul Elon Musk announced that he and President Donald Trump are in the process of shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a move that would cause global calamity says Cornell University professor Chris Barrett. 

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