Friday round-up
on Aug 5, 2016 at 6:44 am
At Think Progress, Ian Millhiser discusses the “courtesy” vote cast by Justice Stephen Breyer on Wednesday, leading to an order blocking a federal district court’s ruling that would have required a Virginia school board to allow a transgender student who identifies as a boy to use the boys’ restroom while the dispute is being litigated. He suggests that, “should Breyer decide to cast similar courtesy votes in any voting rights case, he is likely to permanently strip voters of their ability to participate in the upcoming election. And, if an election is close, he could potentially change its outcome as well.” Daniel Hensel reports on the order at Article 8.
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- In The New York Times, Peter Henning reports on Salman v. United States, slated for oral argument in October, in which the Court will “decide what type of benefit must be provided to prove a quid pro quo arrangement.”
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