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In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s election exit stunned Americans

“He can’t do anything to make himself more popular by being younger, right?” Germany said. “Johnson could have changed policies in Vietnam to make himself more popular, but instead he made the decision to withdraw from the race.”

Kent Germany

Chinese Billionaire Claims Texas Law Is Unconstitutional

GH America’s lawsuit, as well as the challenges to Montana’s TikTok ban and the Florida law, are “pressing on the question of how much can states do and how much are courts going to allow states to act in an area that’s traditionally quite federal," says Kristen Eichensehr, professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Kristen Eichensehr

Chinese self-driving cars have quietly traveled 1.8 million miles on U.S. roads, collecting detailed data with cameras and lasers

While there is no evidence that the Chinese government is actually using self-driving cars to spy on Americans or has access to the companies’ military-grade maps of U.S. cities, it’s clear that the Chinese government is developing a legal framework that connects company data to the government, so that as technologies progress, there will already be a structure in place for data transfer, said Aynne Kokas.

Aynne Kokas

Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court dissents give voice to liberal frustrations

“She has risen to this level . . .[and taken on] the title of the ‘great dissenter,’” says Barbara Perry.

Barbara Perry

Biden says debate was ‘a bad night’ and senior Democrats won’t push for him to leave race

President Joe Biden says debate was "a bad night."

Barbara Perry

Faculty Discuss Supreme Court Term

Professor Kristen Eichensehr, who directs the school’s National Security Law Center and is a faculty senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center, said in an op-ed that Loper Bright “may continue the court’s pattern of sending shock waves through parts of administrative law.”

Kristen Eichensehr