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16 Sep 2010, 1:53 pm by Rick.Hasen@lls.edu
Via SCOTUSBlog, comes this invitation brief expressing the United States's views on whether the Court should take Simmons v. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 8:37 am by emp
The United States has a formal policy on the subject of laptop border searches readily available; Canada doesn’t. [read post]
14 Aug 2010, 5:49 pm
Surveillance for Acute Viral Hepatitis—- United States, 2007. [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 6:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Greenhouse writes:It has been nearly three months since the court “invited” — that is to say, ordered — Solicitor General Elena Kagan to “express the views of the United States” on whether laws that take away the right to vote from people in prison or on parole can be challenged under the Voting Rights Act as racially discriminatory.The order came in a case from Massachusetts, Simmons v. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 6:24 am by Matthew Scarola
” At the Opinionator Blog of the New York Times, Linda Greenhouse discusses Simmons v. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 3:43 am by Russ Bensing
Simmons, Kennedy v. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 9:14 pm by cdw
” [via FindLaw] United States v. [read post]
27 May 2010, 4:46 am
  And it might help account for the fact that prison sentences in the United States are so much lengthier than sentences for the same crimes in other comparable Western countries. [read post]
20 May 2010, 10:30 am by Lisa McElroy
” How about another sentencing case:  United States v. [read post]
18 May 2010, 6:14 am
United States Supreme Court Decision: May 17, 2010 In a 5-4 opinion by Justice Kennedy, the United States Supreme Court ruled that sentencing juveniles to life without the possibility of parole for non-homicide cases is impermissible under the Eighth Amendment’s cruel and unusual punishment clause. [read post]
17 May 2010, 7:52 pm by Jeff Gamso
Simmons) and we don't kill for non-homicide (Kennedy v. [read post]
6 May 2010, 7:02 am by Erin Miller
ACSblog highlights a recent American Constitution Society issue brief on state laws that bar people with criminal records from voting, in light of the Court’s recent call for the views of the Solicitor General in Simmons v. [read post]