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Judges Overseeing Louisiana’s Landmark Oil Cases Have Financial Stakes In Defendants, Garrett Hazelwood, Floodlight

“Since 2013, nine of these judges have collected nearly one million dollars in income from their investments in the defendants, according to an analysis of their financial disclosures.

The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Revolutionize Its Approach to the Law, David H. Gans, Slate

“Shamefully, the court has never cited any Black figure from Reconstruction—not even Frederick Douglass—in a majority opinion.”

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