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A new UN treaty looks to govern maritime resources on the high seas

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Jarrett Dang
Mar 24, 2023
The newly-signed UN High Seas treaty seeks to regulate resource usage and environmental protection in international waters.
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What is the Jones Act and what does it have to do with heating oil shortages?

by Andy Uhler
Aug 30, 2022
Here's why a 1920 law established to protect the U.S. shipbuilding and merchant marine industry is making it more difficult to get fuel shipped to New England.
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel patrols in the Port of Los Angeles near a container ship on June 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
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6 Supreme Court cases to keep an eye on this term

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Oct 10, 2018
How willing are the justices to overturn prior decisions?
A man walks up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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