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View More NewsOn August 28, petitioners in Viramontes v. Cook County, Illinois, and Grant v. Higgins filed their opening brief challenging the “assault firearm” bans of Cook County and the state of Connecticut that were upheld by the Seventh and Second Circuits respectively. The cases are consolidated, and the petitioners in each are represented by Cooper & Kirk. The question presented is: “Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles.” As the brief explains, the rifle is a paradigmatic American arm and the AR-15 is the paradigmatic American rifle. Textually, such semiautomatic rifles…
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The scale of the global learning crisis is difficult to exaggerate. A recent analysis of international and regional assessments estimated that at least two-thirds of the world’s young people fail to acquire the basic skills needed to participate effectively in a modern economy. In affluent countries, roughly one child in four falls short. In low-income regions, the proportion is far higher. Published calculations estimate that broad improvements in children’s academic development could add more than US$700 trillion to the world economy by 2100. The standard response is to demand better schools: more competent teachers, stronger curricula, greater accountability, higher standards, and…
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