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A voting rights filibuster “carve-out” — or making an exception to the 60-vote threshold to overcome a legislative filibuster — would help to preserve the core democratic principle of majority rule, says an expert on constitutional law at Washington University in St. Louis.

January 6, 2022, marks the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol building by supporters of president Donald Trump. Here, university experts in political science and law offer their thoughts on what the attack means.

In a new book, “Why Privacy Matters,” one of the world’s leading experts in privacy law, Neil Richards, the Koch Distinguished Professor in Law and co-director of the Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law, argues privacy is not dead, but up for grabs.

Aduhelm, the first new Alzheimer’s drug in 18 years, could easily become the best-selling drug in Medicare, despite its potential massive cost and tremendous uncertainty about whether the drug even works.

During oral arguments Dec. 1, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested the court should take a neutral position on the divisive question of abortion. In fact, Roe v. Wade does exactly that, says a School of Law expert on reproductive rights.

The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic was recently awarded a $100,000 grant for 2022 by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent branch of the Internal Revenue Service. 

Sara Hubaishi, a third-year student at the Washington University School of Law, has been elected inaugural chair of the National Muslim Law Student Association.

Leila Sadat, at the School of Law, and Kim Thuy Seelinger, at the Brown School, have been appointed special advisers to the International Criminal Court at The Hague.

The 24th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series, sponsored by the School of Law, will begin the fall semester with its yearly “Constitution Day: Supreme Court Review/Preview” Tuesday, Sept. 21.

Russell K. Osgood, visiting professor of law, has been named interim dean of the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Beverly Wendland, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.