Her loss was directly addressed in the part directly before: “compensatory damages.” Legally speaking, only the spouse of the person suffering the injury gets compensation for loss of consortium. There is no legal term other than compensatory damages that refers to Ms. Malatesta’s loss of companionship from her…

I didn’t read the “... for our tribe” part of your sentence and almost flipped out that you’re related to RBG.

I’m a UT Dallas alumna, and, not gonna lie, I feel a little peeved that UTD is put down as a “worse” school in this article, especially because it’s only been around for less than 50 years compared to UT Austin’s 150+ years. It made amazing steps forward in its research programs and campus life while I was a student.