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11 Jul 2012, 9:57 pm by Rick Hasen
In the same Term that the Court avoided the constitutional question in NAMUDNO, it used the same avoidance canon to narrowly construe a different provision of the Voting Rights Act in Bartlett v Strickland, and it applied constitutional avoidance (in deed if not in name) to narrowly construe Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in Ricci v DeStefano, the controversial New Haven firefighters case. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 8:05 am by Brian A. Comer
Hinson, Executive Director United States Consumer Product Safety DivisionWashington, D.C. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 6:25 pm by Michael O'Hear
 The Court emphasized the high level of deference that federal habeas courts must show to state-court decisions on the merits, particularly state-court decisions rejecting Jackson v. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 8:46 am by Chuck Peterson
The second is where appointed counsel in the initial-review collateral proceeding, where the claim should have been raised, was ineffective under the standards of Strickland v. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 8:46 am by Chuck Peterson
The second is where appointed counsel in the initial-review collateral proceeding, where the claim should have been raised, was ineffective under the standards of Strickland v. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 2:00 pm by John Elwood
§ 2254(e)(1)’s command that an underlying state-court fact determination must be presumed correct; (2) whether the Sixth Circuit violated Section 2254(d)(1) by granting habeas relief on a purportedly unreasonable application of state law; and (3) whether the Sixth Circuit violated § 2254(d)(1) by asserting its own prejudice standard – that a defendant “must only show that he had a substantial defense” – rather than the standard… [read post]
31 May 2012, 12:43 pm by John Elwood
United States, 11-9711, Jackson v. [read post]