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3 Mar 2020, 3:40 am
” At Crime & Consequences, Kent Scheidegger questions Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s statement about the amount of time that passed between the enactment of two constitutional provisions. [read post]
29 Mar 2017, 5:03 am
Commentary comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences, who argues that the critical question in the case “was whether private organizations with pro-defendant agendas … have the power to amend the Eighth Amendment so that states must follow their latest pronouncements, rather than their previous pronouncements, in deciding who qualifies for the no-matter-what exemption,” and that on “this essential point the Court hands us a bowl of… [read post]
28 Feb 2019, 4:17 am
’” Commentary comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime & Consequences, who asserts that the decision “confirm[s] that the state was right on the question that everyone thought the case was about — whether inability to remember the crime alone exempted a murderer from execution. [read post]
24 May 2010, 7:48 pm
Kent Scheidegger has commentary on the decision at Crime and Consequences. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 4:16 am
Commentary comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime & Consequences. [read post]
28 May 2010, 7:16 am
Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences chides the Court for using the data without verification. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 12:08 pm
Kent Scheidegger says that this case, the Fort Hood shootings, and the bizarre alleged serial killer in Cleveland are "strong examples of why we need capital punishment. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 6:50 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger reviews the committee report on the statute at issue in the case. [read post]
1 Aug 2022, 9:00 pm
”Such plea bargains play an important role in the prosecution of death cases.As Kent Scheidegger wrote in 2009, “More defendants plea bargain to a life or long sentence in states where the death penalty is available. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 4:40 am
” Commentary on the appointment comes from Christina Cauterucci at Slate’s XX Factor blog, who looks at what Gorsuch’s nomination means for women, arguing that as “far as the health, safety, and civil rights of America’s women are concerned, it’s hard to imagine how the court could do worse”; Ilya Shapiro at the Cato Institute’s Cato at Liberty blog, who maintains that “Donald Trump has managed to pick a nominee who should please everyone other… [read post]
6 May 2010, 7:02 am
” Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences denounces the advantage that may be gained in the nomination process by judges with former law clerks in politics, as described Tuesday by Jess Bravin in the Wall Street Journal. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 9:37 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger discusses the decision, commenting that the difference between “the nonretroactivity rule of Teague v. [read post]
14 May 2019, 4:08 am
” Commentary comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime & Consequences. [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 3:51 am
” Commentary comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime & Consequences. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 6:21 am
In the New York Times Adam Liptak reports on Professor Richard Fallon’s decision not to sign an amicus brief urging a federal court to uphold the health care law as an illustration of broader issues relating to academic amicus briefs, which prompted this anecdote from Kent Scheidegger of Crime and Consequences. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 4:33 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger calls the decision “a win for cops and for looking at evidence as a wall and not a collection of bricks. [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 3:44 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger discusses last week’s renaming of George Mason University’s law school as the Antonin Scalia Law School, stating that “Justice Scalia was a giant of the law and a leader in producing an important change in direction for our judicial system. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 6:50 am
UPI describes the ruling, and Kent Scheidegger offers his analysis at the Crime and Consequences blog. [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 3:52 am
At Crime & Consequences, Kent Scheidegger remarks that Friday’s order denying the federal government’s request to move forward immediately with federal executions “may have been a Pyrrhic victory,” because several justices signaled their “impatience” at the prospect of delay in the case; the court of appeals yesterday set an expedited briefing schedule, with oral argument on January 15. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 6:34 am
Although most coverage of the two cases focused on the Court’s treatment of the Ninth Circuit, Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences looks at the broader picture, describing Harrington as “a landmark decision in the law of federal habeas corpus. [read post]
