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“At the end of last term, the justices started granting very few cases, and one theory or suspicion that I have heard articulated in different places is that they were trying to clear the deck — that they were trying to eliminate a lot of cases that would occupy them once the election begins and there is no way of knowing in advance which cases those will be,” said Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law.
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Josh Blackman, professor of constitutional law at the South Texas College of Law Houston, said, “I think expressly granting benefits on the basis of race would violate federal law and would be unconstitutional.”
