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March 23, 2023
Matt Ford
Will the Supreme Court Let Jack Daniel’s Go to the Dogs?
The high court’s most unusual case of the current term will determine if our trademark laws are all bark and no bite.
November 29, 2022
Matt Ford
How Whiskey and Chew Toys Dragged the Supreme Court Into a First Amendment Fracas
In a potentially significant case about parody and intellectual property, the high court may get the last laugh.
September 28, 2014
David Hajdu
How Parody Videos Transformed Pop Music—for Better and Worse
October 28, 2013
Michael Schaffer
What If POLITICO Had Covered the Civil War?
Playbook, Emancipation Day Edition

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