The New York Times's Nate Silver criticizes Chief Justice John Roberts for his use of voter-registration statistics during last week's oral arguments in Shelby County v.
But that outcome is far from certain, given that voterregistration, which was due to end this week, seems to have been marred by widespread irregularities in places like Brcko, a contested town in the Serb Republic which the Muslims hope to gain after international arbitrators report next March.