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Discussion Thread: Live Audio of Supreme Court Oral Arguments | 5/4/20 | 10:00 AM EDT
The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 18
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Discussion Thread: Live Audio of Supreme Court Oral Arguments | 5/4/20 | 10:00 AM EDT

Posted: 04 May 2020 06:34 AM PDT

This morning the Supreme Court will kick off a two-week session of oral arguments that will change its traditional practice in unprecedented ways: It will hear the arguments by telephone and it will provide live audio of the proceedings to the public. First up is U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com, which asks whether the addition of ".com" to a generic term creates a protectable trademark. At Dorf on Law, Michael Dorf explores "what's at stake in the case," noting that it "is not the first legal interaction between domain names and trademarks.

Read more about the case at Scotusblog.

Listen to Supreme Court on C-SPAN at 10:00 AM EST.

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The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 18

Posted: 04 May 2020 09:00 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. "I live in X, you know what happened" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

Hi there, /r/politics. A reminder that news about presidential election primary candidates is considered off topic for this thread. Thank you, and have a good week!

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The coronavirus pandemic has shown that the trickle-down theory of economic growth is a total fabrication

Posted: 04 May 2020 06:23 AM PDT