Tuesday round-up
on Aug 25, 2015 at 7:18 am
Yesterday the Chief Justice allowed former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell to stay out of prison, at least temporarily. The Court ordered the federal government to respond by Wednesday afternoon to McDonnell’s application to postpone his imprisonment while he pursues Supreme Court review. Lyle Denniston covered the Chief Justice’s order for this blog; other coverage comes from Matt Zapotsky of The Washington Post.
Also yesterday, “friend of the court” briefs were filed by states, rabbis, nuns, and a Southern Baptist seminary in the challenge by the Little Sisters of the Poor to the Affordable Care Act’s birth-control mandate. Coverage comes from Daniel Siegal of Law 360 and Paige Cunningham of the Washington Examiner.
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