Non-Sequiturs: 05.01.17

* Airbnb will allow the government to audit hosts in order to test for racial discrimination. [The Guardian] * Texas cop shoots and kills an unarmed black 15-year-old. [The Root] * There's no video, but Popehat has a nice little tale about an airline and airport police completely failing. [Popehat] * If this had happened to Ann Coulter, conservatives would be concerned. But since it only happened to left-leaning women in Kentucky... crickets. [ABC] * The Supreme Court doesn't want to touch California's ban on gay conversion therapy. Banning gay conversion therapy is, of course, the only reason to be happy Donald Trump hasn't been repealed and replaced by Mike Pence. [ABA Journal] * In case you missed it, on Friday night I debated Jenner Block's Lindsay Harrison about the Constitution, and Seema Iyer about sex offenders. Check out the webcast here. [WNYC Studios] * Richard Posner and Jed Rakoff face off over the death penalty. [Slate]
Elie Mystal is an editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at elie@abovethelaw.com. He will resist.

AirBnB logo* Airbnb will allow the government to audit hosts in order to test for racial discrimination. [The Guardian]

* Texas cop shoots and kills an unarmed black 15-year-old. [The Root]

* There’s no video, but Popehat has a nice little tale about an airline and airport police completely failing. [Popehat]

* If this had happened to Ann Coulter, conservatives would be concerned. But since it only happened to left-leaning women in Kentucky… crickets. [ABC]

* The Supreme Court doesn’t want to touch California’s ban on gay conversion therapy. Banning gay conversion therapy is, of course, the only reason to be happy Donald Trump hasn’t been repealed and replaced by Mike Pence. [ABA Journal]

* In case you missed it, on Friday night I debated Jenner Block’s Lindsay Harrison about the Constitution, and Seema Iyer about sex offenders. Check out the webcast here. [WNYC Studios]

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* Richard Posner and Jed Rakoff face off over the death penalty. [Slate]


Elie Mystal is an editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at elie@abovethelaw.com. He will resist.

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