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Welcome to Sunday! The top five stories on our website this week are displayed below.
Editor’s pick: With the Supreme Court beginning to hear oral arguments last week, many engaged citizens tuned in for signs of how the justices may rule on cases related to gun restrictions, abortion rights, funding for religious schools and more. Underlying this interest was a deeper question of how partisan the court will behave in making those decisions.
It’s not the same in Europe. As law professor David Orentlicher wrote in 2018, countries like Germany, Spain and Portugal choose their justices differently than the U.S. does. The goal is to make sure their high courts are ideologically balanced. It’s an approach that inspires a high level of public confidence, Orentlicher argues, and one that U.S. justices could embrace by deciding to speak more often in one voice.
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Many people are using Bible verses to justify their stance against vaccine.
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John Fea, Messiah College
A historian of the Bible in American life explains how Bible verses are being picked out of context to make a case for the anti-vaxxer movement.
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Britney Spears’ supporters erupted in cheers after her father was removed as conservator.
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Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia
Spears’ battle to end her conservatorship may lead to reforms.
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Joshua D. Rothman, University of Alabama
By the time slavery ended, over 1 million enslaved people had been forcibly moved in the domestic slave trade across state lines. Hundreds of thousands more were bought and sold within states.
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David Nagib, The Ohio State University
Dave MacMillon and Ben List both developed simple catalysts that make precise chemical reactions much faster and more efficient.
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Ann Z. Bauer, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Tylenol has long been considered a go-to medication for low to moderate pain and for fever reduction, even during pregnancy. But mounting evidence suggests that it is unsafe for fetal development.
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