{"id":9606,"date":"2016-04-10T22:16:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T02:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=9606"},"modified":"2016-04-10T22:16:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T02:16:43","slug":"weekly-news-roundup-411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/weekly-news-roundup-411\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News Roundup – 4\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evenwel v. Abbott: 1 person, 1 vot<\/strong>e<\/p>\n

Last Monday, the Supreme Court held<\/a> that states are allowed to count all residents, regardless of voting eligibility, when drawing election districts. The decision clarifies the meaning within the principle of \u201cone person one vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voting fight not over:<\/strong><\/p>\n

After receiving complaints about insufficient polling locations and significant waiting times, primarily in Latino communities, the DOJ\u2019s Voting Section has reached out to Arizona<\/a>. Arizona has until April 22nd to respond to the DOJ’s inquiry.<\/p>\n

Pinellas County Civil Rights Investigation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Education on Monday opened a civil rights investigation<\/a> into whether the Pinellas County School District systematically discriminates against black children by denying them access to certain classes, special programs, quality teachers, and support staff.<\/p>\n

Al Razak v. Obama: If wartime detention is permissible so long as there is a war going on, who decides when the war is over?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As discussed on Lawfare<\/a>, a DC District Court judge reaffirmed the president\u2019s current detention power, at the moment. But the court also suggested that a court can make the factual determination that \u201cwar\u201d has ended, and thus detention no longer permissible on that basis.<\/p>\n

Two GTMO detainees transferred:<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the courts have reaffirmed the president\u2019s detention authority, the president has recently transferred<\/a> two Libyan detainees to Senegal from the Guant\u00e1<\/span>namo Bay prison (GTMO). The two detainees had been held at the GTMO for 14 years without a trial.<\/p>\n

Republicans attempt to prevent future transfers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the transfer of two detainees, Senators Ayotte (R-NH) and Kirk (R-IL), introduced legislation<\/a> to keep GTMO open and prevent detainee transfers through September of 2017.<\/p>\n

UNC will enforce North Carolina\u2019s transgender bathroom law:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Tuesday, the president of the University of North Carolina sent a memo<\/a> informing the various campuses that the university will comply with the new law.<\/p>\n

Boston taking a stand against North Carolina transgender law:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In response to North Carolina\u2019s bill preventing transgendered individuals from using public bathrooms that do not match their biological gender, the Boston City Council<\/a> has voted unanimously to ban taxpayer-funded travel to the state.<\/p>\n

Civil Rights Groups Prepare to Fight Mississippi’s new ‘religious freedom’ bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mississippi\u2019s governor signed into law<\/a> a \u2018religious freedom\u2019 bill that allows the denial of certain services to the LGBT\u00a0community by those who believe that\u00a0marriage is between a man and a woman, that sex is proper\u00a0only within such a marriage, and that people are male or female based on their genetics and anatomy at birth. Civil rights groups are organizing a challenge to the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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