By Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg BNA The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court signaled Aug. 29 that they may be interested in reviewing the display of controversial Confederate symbols. The high court asked Mississippi Gov. Dewey Phillip Bryant (R) to respond to a lawsuit challenging the inclusion of the Confederate Battle Flag on the state’s standard. The request makes it more likely that the court will agree to take up the case — but it is still an uphill battle. The court hears less than 1 percent of the thousands of cases brought to it each year, according to the court’s website. The request comes amid unrest nationwide over the public display of Confederate symbols. The planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was the stated reason for white nationalists’ protests in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 11 and 12. Those protests led to violent clashes with counterprotesters that resulted in one death, and an uneven response from President Donald Tr...
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