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1 May 2024, 4:00 am by Eric Segall
” To justify that anti-historical and non-textual principle, Roberts relied on some bizarre statements he made in a previous case, Northwest Austin v. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 12:52 am by centerforartlaw
By Olivia Zinzi and Dea Sula Precedent, “[a] professional name for the aggregate of reported cases as forming a body of jurisprudence; or for the law of a particular subject as evidenced or formed by the adjudged cases,” is one of the foundations of common law, which is practiced in the United States.[1] The highest court in the country, the Supreme Court, is the ultimate authority when it comes to precedent, issuing decisions that become stare decisis and bind lower… [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
” Conservatives, Time notes, once looked to universities to “reproduce the middle and upper echelons of Christian society in the United States—something classical liberals from Thomas Jefferson to today’s postliberal academics on the right … have historically appreciated and felt worth conserving. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 3:44 pm by Michael Lowe
  A “national of the United States” is defined as “(A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States. [read post]
21 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
If the battle to root out racial prejudice in capital cases is ever to be won, it will require that we not turn a blind eye to cases like Warren King’s.That case also offers the Court a chance to send a clear message about the seriousness with which it takes violations of its 1986 Batson v. [read post]
26 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
It was a huge setback for efforts to dismantle the ongoing privilege of whiteness in the United States and is symptomatic of resistance among movement conservatives on and off the Court to efforts to build a more inclusive society.In both respects, Students for Fair Admissions is a deeply undemocratic decision. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
Marshall saw it as a broad and sweeping power granted to chief executives so they could act mercifully.That case, United States v. [read post]
27 Mar 2023, 9:50 am by centerforartlaw
Another difference between R-Space and marketspaces in the United States is that trading between consumers is prohibited. [read post]
23 Feb 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
Those challenges have alleged that Black defendants are more likely than White defendants to get death sentences, even when they commit comparable crimes.In 1972, the United States Supreme Court’s Furman v. [read post]
22 Feb 2023, 5:13 am by Emma Snell
  COVID-19 COVID-19 has infected over 103.170 million people and has now killed over 1.12 million people in the United States, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. [read post]
31 Jan 2023, 9:31 am by Greg Reed
He received his law degree in 1991 from the University of Texas at Austin. [read post]
8 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
But, as Saul Cornell and Gerry Leonard have recently argued, America prior to the War never escaped the overall description of a “herrenvolk democracy. [read post]
29 Dec 2022, 9:05 pm by Victoria Hawekotte
  JUNE The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, overturned Roe v. [read post]
27 Dec 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
The last half century has witnessed extraordinary, almost unimaginable, changes in how Americans think about the death penalty.Fifty years ago, in 1972, the United States Supreme Court brought a temporary halt to capital punishment in Furman v. [read post]