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15 Jul 2009, 11:19 am by justinsilverman
One student asked about his ongoing disagreement with high court colleague Antonin Scalia about the influence, if any, laws of other nations should have on the interpretation of laws in our own. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 9:24 am
The opinion, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, has prosecutors and judges shaking their heads in disgust and defense lawyers nodding with satisfaction at the notion that the Constitution's Sixth Amendment guarantee that defendants "shall enjoy the right . . . to be confronted with the witnesses against him" is not satisfied by a sheet of paper. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 2:36 am
We also have the problem identified of rural areas needing to use crime labs hudreds of miles away, but Texas hasn't had any trouble filling up our prisons under such strictures.Texas law (CCP 38.41), which Antonin Scalia approved of specifically in the majority opinion, already requires "notice and demand" regarding testimony by lab workers, where prosecutors must give notice that they intend to use lab evidence and the defense has an opportunity to demand… [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 3:00 pm
Justice Antonin Scalia said: I am a product of the melting pot in New York, grew up with people of all religious and ethnic backgrounds ... [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 8:03 am
Bowen may find allies in two of the current court's more conservative members, Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, who have often joined with more liberal justices to enforce the original meaning of constitutional provisions protecting the rights of criminal defendants. [read post]
2 Jul 2009, 12:36 am
Tags: Advocates, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Procedure, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Bar Related posts BONG HITS 4 JESUS (May 6, 2007) Thoughts on Boumediene Oral Arguments (December 5, 2007) The Weeks Ahead (April 12, 2009) [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 2:20 am
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 9:39 am
“Dispensing with confrontation because testimony is obviously reliable is akin to dispensing with jury trial because a defendant is obviously guilty,” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 10:51 am
  If normal procedures had been followed, Justice Antonin Scalia, the author of the Melendez-Diaz, would have prepared a memo on what to do with Briscoe — ordinarily, recommending that it simply be denied, or that it be  vacated and sent back for reconsideration. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 9:50 am
 He was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 7:50 am
Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 3:44 am
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and legal writing expert Bryan Garner gave in Garner's home state of Texas at the annual meeting... [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 4:07 pm
If you were attending the State Bar of Texas' annual meeting in Dallas today, at 9 this morning you could have heard me speaking on the state of patent venue law post-In re TS Tech, or you could have heard Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner talking about their new book Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges. [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 8:49 am
"Justice Antonin Scalia [is] the Confrontation Clause's most devoted defender on the Court. [read post]
25 Jun 2009, 12:36 pm
Justice Antonin Scalia, the Confrontation Clause’s most devoted defender on the Court, wrote for the majority: “There is little reason to believe that confrontation will be useless in testing analysts’ honesty, proficiency, and methodology — the features that are commonly the focus in the cross-examination of experts. [read post]
25 Jun 2009, 8:02 am
Joining in the majority opinion were the Chief Justice and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. [read post]
25 Jun 2009, 4:40 am
Massachussetts that affidavits documenting the result of forensic testing were subject to the Confrontation Clause in the Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution, meaning the lab analysts must be made available for cross-examination in court.In the 5-4 ruling written by Antonin Scalia, I was particularly pleased to see the new report by the National Academy of Sciences specifically cited as justification for cross-examination of forensic lab workers. [read post]
22 Jun 2009, 1:37 pm
Here is the abstract: Two important opinions in the past decade, both written by Justice Antonin Scalia, have sought to apply originalist jurisprudence to constitutional issues raised by technologies that were unknown at the time of the founding. [read post]