Monday, August 31, 2026

Construction to proceed at the White House

Chief Justice Roberts joined the dissent for this 5-4 opinion.  

In light of this decision, can the Miami mayor demolish the state criminal courthouse and start fresh?

In sad news for me, Killian high school is struggling.  From the Miami Herald:

Lisa Oberlander fondly recalls her time at Miami Killian Senior High in the 1980s. The school was bustling with a large, high-achieving and diverse student body. Its biggest issue back then was overcrowding. The scene in her first year teaching a Digital Arts class at her alma mater has been somewhat different.

In the middle of one of the school’s cavernous “learning lab” spaces, eight students huddled in boxy armchairs, propping laptops on their knees and clicking through a design app. Surrounding them were dozens of empty desks in the darkened, unused parts of the room.

That’s every day at Killian — more space than the students could ever use. Going from 3,700 students in 2004 to just 430 to start this year, the school’s enrollment has declined more, and faster, than any other in Miami-Dade. The state estimates it’s using only 20% of its building’s total capacity.

Finally, the Florida Bar complaint against James Percival has been dismissed.

By DOM

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The chief justice called the demolition of the White House illegal. This is the most insane Supreme Court ever. Where in the constitution does it say a president can bulldoze historic landmarks without the public or Congress saying so. Its so political and the MAGA court is an actual arm facilitating the White House. 25 years ago people would have put you in a mental institution to think cases like this and the president is above the law would even make it to the Supreme Court yet not only did they make it but the Supreme Court ruled in favor of these cases.