The Supremes held off on the headline cases this week, but decided a bunch of others. Those are important, too!
What didn't matter? I'm not sure that what happens to Snowden matters very much, I suppose, although I'm open to arguments the other way.
That's what I have. What do you think mattered this week?
Well, in addition to the humanitarian issue, the treatment of Snowden will help determine incentives for future whistleblowers.
ReplyDeleteThree more District Court nominations this week, including one for a N.C. spot that had been vacant since January 1st, 2006. And what is even more intriguing: it might be that Richard Burr, the Republican Senator for N.C. has not consented to the nomination and Obama has decided to go ahead anyway (although that would be surprising): hashttp://www.newsobserver.com/2013/06/21/2977916/obama-to-nominate-prosecutor-to.html
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks for mentioning this one. I'm not yet prepared to say that judicial nominations are going well, but every bit helps.
DeleteThe rocky road in the talks with the Taliban could end up mattering if those go off the rails.
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