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What’s on Deck: Supreme Court May Change Execution Rules for Mentally Disabled Defendants
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to revisit the issue of whether mentally disabled defendants can face the death penalty. In Atkins v. Virginia, the Court ruled that the execution of persons with mental disabilities constituted "cruel and unusu...
Affirmative Action Decision Could Rest on Decades Old Busing Case: Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in one of its most controversial cases. In Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the Court must decide the constitutionality of an amendment to the Michigan state constitution that ba...
What’s on Deck: Supreme Court Adds Gun Rights Case to the Docket
With all of the controversial issues before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, gun rights were noticeably absent. Not anymore — the justices recently agreed to consider eight new cases, one of which is United States v. Castleman. The case challen...
What’s on Deck: Another Abortion Case Inching Closer to Supreme Court Review
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a writ of certiorari in Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, which challenges an Oklahoma law banning the use of certain medications to terminate a pregnancy. However, the justices will not decide w...
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Vieth v Jubelirer and Partisan Redistricting
by DONALD SCARINCI on March 12, 2019
In Vieth v Jubelirer, 541 U.S. 267 (2004), a plurality of the U.S. Supreme Court held that partisan...
Madison v Alabama – Death Penalty and Dementia
by DONALD SCARINCI on March 7, 2019
In Madison v Alabama, 586 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment ...
Racial Gerrymanders Under Shaw v Reno
by DONALD SCARINCI on March 5, 2019
In Shaw v Reno, 509 U.S. 630 (1993), the U.S. Supreme Court held that claims of racial redistricti...
