Most of the three game Wild Card series were done in two, including the Marlins over Cubs and the Twins continuing their run of futility. The last game, scoreless mid-way as I type, is one of the exceptions (Cards/San Diego). Meanwhile, to 0-3 teams faced up for Thursday Night Football, the Jets and the third quarterback time Broncos. The Jets got to the QB in the 4th for two defensive aided scores (if one that was dubiously careful) but they blew it in the end. The ability to end the game without a penalty put a bow on things. The head coach for some reason has job security.
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The big news -- coming after many went to bed though hints were in place earlier -- is that the First Couple has the Big V, after Hope Hicks was reported (not by the Administration) to have it. After that was known, Trump still went and exposed people at a campaign event. Yeah, that is why the "we need to aim high here" stuff isn't totally in place. He went to Walter Reed today, upping the drama, but who the heck knows.
This has Supremes implications since there was exposure (though there has been reports the nominee already had it) at the announcement event last Saturday. At least two Republican members of the Judiciary Committee (quarantine rules require more time than the scheduled hearings, but can it be done virtually?) have the virus now. Maybe, it was a "character issue" for the nominee to take part without social distancing and the like. Meanwhile, SCOTUS released details for telephonic arguments next Monday, the beginning of the 2020 Term.
There was an order regarding a census dispute [meanwhile, for now, a lower court ruling means the count continues for another month]. As one tweet from a court watcher phrased it: the Supreme Court "agrees to fast-track briefing in dispute over whether people living in US illegally must be included in reapportionment of congressional seats. Orders challengers to respond to government's appeal by 10/7." More important, an order list today granted some more cases, including a potentially important Voting Rights Act case. Alito is not taking part in one, so that's seven to eight people involved in deciding the matter.
The tainted Court returns on Monday with orders and orals.
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The big news -- coming after many went to bed though hints were in place earlier -- is that the First Couple has the Big V, after Hope Hicks was reported (not by the Administration) to have it. After that was known, Trump still went and exposed people at a campaign event. Yeah, that is why the "we need to aim high here" stuff isn't totally in place. He went to Walter Reed today, upping the drama, but who the heck knows.
This has Supremes implications since there was exposure (though there has been reports the nominee already had it) at the announcement event last Saturday. At least two Republican members of the Judiciary Committee (quarantine rules require more time than the scheduled hearings, but can it be done virtually?) have the virus now. Maybe, it was a "character issue" for the nominee to take part without social distancing and the like. Meanwhile, SCOTUS released details for telephonic arguments next Monday, the beginning of the 2020 Term.
There was an order regarding a census dispute [meanwhile, for now, a lower court ruling means the count continues for another month]. As one tweet from a court watcher phrased it: the Supreme Court "agrees to fast-track briefing in dispute over whether people living in US illegally must be included in reapportionment of congressional seats. Orders challengers to respond to government's appeal by 10/7." More important, an order list today granted some more cases, including a potentially important Voting Rights Act case. Alito is not taking part in one, so that's seven to eight people involved in deciding the matter.
The tainted Court returns on Monday with orders and orals.
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