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Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Advocating for Electoral Count Act

From WTTW

As a result of the numerous revelations of a fake elector scheme leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, and as election deniers in many races aim to win positions of power, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing to protect future elections. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Michael Kang says the most important change made in the Electoral Count Act is clarifying the power that the vice president has during an election. 

How Some Doctors Turn Their Backs on the Disabled

From Crain's Chicago Business

Northwestern Medicine researchers in a new study document widespread bias and discrimination directed toward people with disabilities who seek health care. The study brought together scientists from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the University of Massachusetts and Harvard Medical School to conduct focus groups with physicians drawn from a national database. The study was published in the October issue of the journal Health Affairs.

Elon Musk Says He Wants to Buy Twitter for $44 Billion. Is the Twitter Deal Back On? What Happens Now?

From USA Today

While some logistical and legal hurdles remain, Musk could oversee Twitter in a matter of days. Kellogg’s Thomas Lys and Northwestern Law’s Steve Reed discuss in USA Today how Musk’s deal would be a win for Twitter. 

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What Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Understand About Slavery

From Steven Lubet, The Hill

“[Van] Jones’s cutting response to DeSantis was more devastating than any list of contrary facts because he powerfully contrasted the governor’s ignorance with the story of American slavery and its searing images of whippings, family separation and sexual abuse,” Steven Lubet writes in The Hill.

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