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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

“Poor Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968).” A concurring opinion that Fourth Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III issued today begins:

Poor Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968). It has fallen on hard times. A string of recent tragic street encounters involving the police has brought the stop-and-frisk procedure authorized in Terry under fire. But that is nothing new.

You can access the complete ruling at this link.

Posted at 10:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Opening Doors: North Carolina’s bathroom bill is reminiscent of the days of de-facto discrimination.” Jelani Cobb has this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the May 30, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Big Uneasy: What’s roiling the liberal-arts campus?” Nathan Heller has this article in the May 30, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

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“Justices Let Court-Imposed Redistricting Stand in Virginia”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes and Jenna Portnoy of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court leaves in place Va. redistricting decision, rejects GOP lawmakers’ challenge.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court upholds Virginia redistricting.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices rule against Virginia Republicans in black voters case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Republicans Lose at U.S. High Court on Virginia Voting Map.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: Racial gerrymandering case ends.”

Posted at 9:53 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Passive-Aggressive U.S. Supreme Court: Even in the face of clear precedent, some justices just don’t like it when a convicted petitioner is right on the law.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“Strict Texas voter-ID law faces federal court test ahead of presidential election”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “A high-stakes election-year legal battle over voting rights gets an important test Tuesday as 15 judges will consider whether Texas’s strictest-in-the-nation voter-identification law will be in effect for the presidential contest this November.”

In related coverage, Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Getting a photo ID so you can vote is easy. Unless you’re poor, black, Latino or elderly.”

Bobby Cervantes of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Texas voter ID law back in court; Full appeals court will hear case today.”

Jim Malewitz of The Texas Tribune reports that “Five Years Later, Voter ID Suit Still Moving Forward.”

And The Associated Press reports that “US appeals court revisits Texas voter ID law.”

Once the audio of today’s oral argument before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit becomes available online, I will link to it.

Posted at 9:22 AM by Howard Bashman