Britain Votes to Go: In a shocker for the world and a decision with enormous economic and political consequences, Great Britain has voted 52-48 percent to leave the European Union. Despite pre-election polling that had it too close to call, the vote was decisive.

Prime Minister David Cameron, who called the vote and campaigned to stay in the EU, said he would leave office by October. The value of the pound immediately plummeted and financial markets took a dive.

But the people who voted to leave the EU celebrated. Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, said “Dare to dream that the dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom.”

Britain becomes the first country to leave the 28-member European Union, which has been challenged in recent years by recession and the immigration crisis. With millions of Muslims on the move throughout Europe, the vote probably turned on control of immigration and Britain’s borders. Many Brits feel that they are losing their national identity.

Nothing changes immediately. The divorce will take years and the EU, for reasons of self-interest, may have to allow Britain to keep some benefits of membership. But Britain’s vote re-shapes Europe and threatens the stability of the European Union.

Split Indecision: The Supreme Court’s deadlock on President Obama’s immigration policy means it will not go into effect and at least 5 million illegal immigrants remain at risk of deportation. Missing one member, the Court is in a 4-4 ideological split. No decision means a lower court ruling that blocks Obama’s policy remains in place.

President Obama’s order would have shielded illegal immigrants who are the parents of US citizens.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said, “This is a win for the Constitution, it’s a win for Congress, and it’s a win in our fight to restore the separation of powers.”

An admittedly disappointed President Obama said, “I think it is heartbreaking for the millions of immigrants who made their lives here, who’ve raised families here, who hoped for the opportunity to pay taxes, serve in our military and more fully contribute to the country we all love in an open way.”

In another decision that might have been the lead story on any other day, the Court ruled 4-3 on a challenge to affirmative action that the University of Texas at Austin may continue to use race as a consideration for admission to keep a diverse student body. It’s a big win for advocates of racial diversity, but the issue is likely to return to the Court in another case.

Black Lives: A Baltimore judge has acquitted the police van driver of all charges, including “depraved heart” murder, in the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a fatal neck injury in April, 2015. Judge Barry Williams said the state failed to prove murder, manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment, and misconduct in office. “There has been no evidence that this defendant intended for a crime to happen,” Williams said, adding that “the state had a duty to show the defendant corruptly failed in his duty, not just made a mistake.”

Gray was not strapped into his seat according to department policy and Off. Caesar Goodson, Jr. was accused of giving him what’s called a “rough ride,” bouncing him around inside the van to mete out a little street justice.

The defense argued that Gray was responsible for his own injuries because he stood up inside the van. Goodson faced the most serious charges and, as the driver, was potentially the most responsible.

Fence Jumper: Donald Trump’s fired campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a paid Republican commentator, proving once again that it doesn’t matter who you work for or what you do in Washington politics so long as you are on television.

Permanent Abstention: In a season of hard choices, a Richmond, VA woman, according to her obituary in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, chose to make no decision at all. The obituary for Mary Anne Noland reads, “Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at the age of 68.”