On October 28, Bangladesh’s primary opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), called a “ grand rally” in pursuit of its “ one-point demand” of nonpartisan election administration. (Atul Loke/The New York Times) Unpacking the October 28th Street Protests and Their Aftermath With no sign of political compromise in sight, Bangladesh’s January elections will likely do little to repair its deep political divisions. Georgia.With Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections set for early January, the opposition’s push for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the installation of an interim election-time government has reached its crescendo - sending the country’s streets and politics into tumult in the process. In the second installment of our new feature on advocates arguing before the court, Nate Mowry interviews Rick Simpson of Wiley Rein LLP, who argued on Tuesday in the double jeopardy case McElrath v. Continue Reading Advocates in Conversation Rick Simpson on double jeopardy By Amy Howe on at 2:57 pm In his opinion for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts cautioned that universities should not try to circumvent the court’s decision “through application essays or other means,” emphasizing that “‘what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly.’” This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether a high school admissions policy that considers socioeconomic factors “indirectly” discriminates against applicants because of their race. By a vote of 6-3, the justices held that the programs violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause because they explicitly took an applicant’s race into account in admissions decisions. In June, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that struck down the admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Petitions of the week D.C.–area magnet school at center of continuing fight over affirmative action By Kalvis Golde on at 8:10 pm
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