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USC law professor testifies before Congress on restoring Voting Rights Act

REDIRECT https://gould.usc.edu/about/news/?id=4614 In September, USC Gould School of Law Prof. Franita Tolson testified with a group of leading law scholars from around the nation at a Congressional...

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When Supreme Court justices defy expectations

REDIRECT https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3240/supreme-court-justice-decisions-unexpected/ Body Copy * The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in the important and much-anticipated case, Bostock v....

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USC and coalition of western schools sues federal government over...

A coalition of 20 leading colleges and universities in the West sued the federal government Monday to block the Department of Homeland Security from revoking the visas of international students whose...

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The Electoral College is surprisingly vulnerable to popular vote changes

REDIRECT https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3263/electoral-college-surprisingly-vulnerable-popular-vote/ In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, changing just 269 votes in Florida from George W....

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What happens when senators die or are incapacitated?

REDIRECT https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3334/what-happens-with-incapacitated-senators/ What happens if U.S. senators get sick or, even worse, if they die? It's happened before - and our research...

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Trojan Yvonne Brathwaite Burke discusses her list of ‘firsts’

REDIRECT https://gould.usc.edu/about/news/?id=4859 To mention the name Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (JD 1956) is to say, "first." Serving the public from the 1960s onward, she was the first Black woman in...

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New perspective lands alum Thai Viet Phan on the council dais

REDIRECT https://gould.usc.edu/about/news/?id=4855 When Thai Viet Phan (JD/MPP 2015) applied for a grant as a second-year law student at USC Gould, one of the interviewers asked if she was interested...

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Independent redistricting commissions are key to increasing trust in elections

REDIRECT https://priceschool.usc.edu/independent-redistricting-commissions-key-rebuilding-trust/ Congressional redistricting is underway following the official release of the 2020 U.S. Census results...

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Celebrate Constitution Day 2021 with USC

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the...

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Infrastructure law: High-speed internet is as essential as water and electricity

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, 2021, was hailed by the White House and advocates as a historic investment to improve internet access in...

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Why troops on Ukraine’s border are driving up tensions in Moscow and Washington

REDIRECT https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3588/us-russian-relationship-ukraine/ o Putin's endgame with Ukraine depends partly on ours: Will the U.S. compromise on Russia's security demands or...

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Hail to the chiefs: presidential visits to USC, in pictures

This post originally published on Feb. 13, 2015, and was updated on Jan. 24, 2022. We haven't had a Trojan as U.S. president yet, but USC had has more than its share of presidential moments --...

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Now a California state senator, alumna Sydney Kamlager advocates for social...

REDIERCT 7459R https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3622/senator-alumna-tackles-inequality/ Story Headline and Deck – USC News * State Senator and USC Dornsife alumna Sydney Kamlager represents...

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Stage for Russia’s war on Ukraine was set by a massive propaganda campaign,...

As Russia advanced its invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, USC international affairs experts shared timely perspectives on Russia's information war and state-run propaganda, news coverage, sanctions and...

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Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court in historic...

All 50 Democrats in the United States Senate on Thursday backed President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. They were joined by Republican Senators Susan Collins of...

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Conservative Supreme Court justices disagree about how to read the law

REDIRECT 7724 your school/unit website * https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3714/conservative-supreme-court-justices-disagree/ Story Headline and Deck – USC News * Conservative Supreme Court...

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Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, visits USC Shoah...

REDIRECT https://sfi.usc.edu/news/2022/06/33561-second-gentleman-douglas-emhoff-visits-usc-shoah-foundation USC Shoah Foundation-the Institute for Visual History and Education (USC Shoah Foundation) on...

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USC Gould professor testifies before Senate committee about ‘dark money’ and...

7707 REDIRECT URL of story on your school/unit website * https://gould.usc.edu/about/news/?id=5023 Story Headline and Deck – USC News * Professor Abby Wood invited to testify before Senate committee...

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Online master’s gives alumna a leg up on a future in government

REDIRECT 7722 Becca van Sambeck Is this story embargoed? * No URL of story on your school/unit website * Setting Her Sights on a Future in Government, Alumna Returns to USC for Online Master's Story...

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USC Trustee Dominic Ng to chair key government business advisory effort

USC Trustee Dominic Ng, who was appointed as a U.S. member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC) on April 25, will serve as the chair during the United...

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