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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

“Gun Control Laws See a Circuit Court Boost, Rooted in Rahimi; Some courts rely on Barrett concurrence to uphold gun restrictions; Dissenting judges decry more generalized historic analysis”: Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 5:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Harvard enrolls fewer Black freshmen after affirmative action ban”: Hilary Burns of The Boston Globe has this report.

Anemona Hartocollis of The New York Times reports that “Harvard’s Black Student Enrollment Dips After Affirmative Action Ends; Defying expectations, a Supreme Court decision curtailing race-based admissions still had a relatively small impact at some highly selective schools like Harvard, even as other schools saw big changes.”

And Elyse C. Goncalves and Matan H. Josephy of The Harvard Crimson report that “Harvard Reports Drop in Black Enrollment; The change in the demographic data for the Class of 2028 comes more than one year after the Supreme Court ruled Harvard’s race-conscious admissions practices unconstitutional.”

Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Defense Secretary Revoked a Plea Deal in the 9/11 Case. Or Did He? How the latest controversy in the long-running death-penalty case at Guantánamo Bay could play out.” Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 5:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Rivera, Magbanua return to Tallahassee in advance of Donna Adelson’s murder for hire trial; Both were booked into the Leon County jail on Monday, records show”: Julie Montanaro of WCTV of Tallahassee, Florida has this report.

Posted at 5:24 PM by Howard Bashman