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Friday, June 24, 2016

“Affirmative Action Isn’t Just a Legal Issue. It’s Also a Historical One.” Lee C. Bollinger will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Immigration deadlock reprises Obama’s battle with the court”: Kathleen Hennessey and Josh Lederman of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abbott’s Strategy in Texas: 44 Lawsuits, One Opponent: Obama Administration; Former attorney general, now governor, has led a red-state revolt against the White House.” Dan Frosch and Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal have this report. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Small words, big consequences for possibly thousands of federal prisoners”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “Hundreds if not thousands of federal prisoners are likely to have their sentences shortened — and in some cases get immediate release — due to one of the final opinions written by Justice Antonin Scalia.”

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court impasse on immigration threatens ‘Dreamers,’ too; The president insists Thursday’s decision wouldn’t affect other ‘deferred action’ programs. Legal experts say he’s probably wrong”: Josh Gerstein and Seung Min Kim of Politico.com have this report.

Posted at 11:57 AM by Howard Bashman



“Studies in the First Amendment, Playing Out on Campus”: Abby Ellin had this article in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Are the courts the answer to partisan gridlock in Washington?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 10:07 AM by Howard Bashman