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“There’s nowhere to go if the Supreme Court says no here,” said Carolynn Shapiro, professor of law and co-director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. “That’s what I think they will do, that’s what I think they should do. It’s possible they will do something different.”

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“I know a lot of people use water filters at home, and I’m someone who doesn’t because I trust in the water, that we’re doing a good job treating it and that it’s safe,” said David Lampert, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. “The EPA has lots standards that are required from any sort of a public water system, and I know that Âé¶ąAPP works really hard to make sure that we’re meeting those standards and that the water is safe to drink. I personally always make sure that I drink water straight out of the tap just as my way of advertising that that’s one of our products that we believe in.”

Texas Tribune

“The constitutional provisions that protect your right to travel from, for example, Texas to Washington, include some provisions that may not protect your right to travel within the state of Texas,” said Noah Smith-Drelich, law professor at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. “I think it’s a reflection of just how important, how fundamental travel is, that there are multiple different constitutional protections that say you can't limit travel without a really good reason.”

Raw Story

“There is nothing in our traditions or the Constitution that prevents someone who is indicted or convicted or, in fact, serving in jail, from also serving as the president,” said Harold Krent, law professor at the Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. “Does it make any sense? No. But there is no constitutional disablement from that happening.”

Business Insider

“We need a clear answer to the question of Trump’s eligibility as soon as possible,” said Carolyn Shapiro, the founder of Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law’s Institute of the Supreme Court of the United States. “The significant risks of chaos and even violence will only escalate without that certainty.”

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Illinois Tech’s efforts to restore one of its oldest buildings and one of its most acclaimed designs will get a boost from the city’s Adopt-A-Landmark program. The campus’s Main Building, 3300 S. Federal St., and Crown Hall, 3360 S. State St., will be awarded $500,000 and $250,000, respectively, to help with restoration efforts.

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“This is the problem with any form of self-policing, is that people will only police to the edge of where it starts really affecting profit,” said Jennifer deWinter, dean of Lewis College of Science and Letters. “So if we actually want social media to have a meaningful role in this sort of self-policing, it needs to come from the government first.”

Court Watch

“I think (the Supreme Court) can issue an opinion (on whether Trump can stay on the ballot) very quickly. They did that in Bush v. Gore in 2000 in a matter of days. And they certainly want to do that,” said Professor Carolyn Shapiro of the Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. “There are ways the court could punt, and I think that would be a big mistake. They need to resolve the underlying question now so that everybody knows whether or not Trump is elegible to be president again.”

WGN-TV

“Access to education is such a critical aspect of today’s economy, and particularly in technology fields, the ability for people to gain a technology degree is a way to uplift themselves economically, socially, and the like in their careers,” said Illinois Tech Provost Kenneth Christensen. “Today, many people are full-time employed looking for the opportunity to pivot or grow in their careers, and online learning allows students to learn where they are and when they can learn.”

The Register

Computer scientists have found that misinformation generated by large language models (LLMs) is more difficult to detect than artisanal false claims hand-crafted by humans. Researchers Canyu Chen, a doctoral student at Illinois Institute of Technology, and Kai Shu, assistant professor in its Department of Computer Science, set out to examine whether LLM-generated misinformation can cause more harm than the human-generated variety of infospam.