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Indiana v Edwards (07-208), Chamber of Commerce v Brown (06-939), Meacham v Knolls Atomic Powers Laboratory, Inc. (06-1505), Kentucky Retirement Systems v EEOC (06-1037), Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v Glenn (06-923)
By Kim Rinehart
Proving that the Court can be merciful, it released five very reasonably sized decisions last Thursday, leaving only ten more to bring you this week. We're still, however, very grateful…
The Right Coast
Red-light cameras undermine rule of law | TheHill
Specifically, use of these cameras could violate the Sixth Amendment. The Confrontation Clause grants criminal defendants the right to be confronted with the witnesses against them. Since it is a camera and…
Subscript Law Blog
Ramos v. Louisiana
Argument: October 7, 2019Petitioner Brief: Evangelisto RamosRespondent Briefs: Louisiana Court below: Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Convicted of murder by 10 of 12 jurors - is that enough?Evangelisto Ramos…
Texas Personal Injury Law Blog
Excellence in Ethics First Place Winner for 2019
July 9th, 2019 By: Alexander Albert The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees to criminal defendants a set of fundamental rights intended to promote the fairness of criminal…
Texas Personal Injury Law Blog
Excellence in Ethics First Place Winner for 2019
July 9th, 2019 By: Alexander Albert The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees to criminal defendants a set of fundamental rights intended to promote the fairness of criminal…
Simple Justice
When Lawyers Become A “Right”
Proclaiming rights, be it housing, healthcare, food “security,” or whatever it is that people would really like to have, gathers around it fans of the benefit without much thought to…
Simple Justice
When Defense Lawyers Become “Those People”
He may only be woke lite, but South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg asked the question (at ~the 9 minute mark) to “what extent do you invite those people, or appear…
The Faculty Lounge
The Supreme Court’s Chance to Eliminate Anti-Gay Juror Bias
The United States Supreme Court is expected to conference on Charles Rhines’s petition for certiorari on April 12, 2019. Rhines is a gay man on death row in South Dakota.…
EvidenceProf Blog
Ninth Circuit Finds a Defendant Can Prevent His Attorney From Entering an Insanity Defense
By Colin Miller
In its recent opinion in McCoy v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to choose the objective of his defense and to…
PrawfsBlawg
The Triumph of Jot-for-Jot
Main Monday, March 18, 2019The Triumph of Jot-for-JotToday the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Ramos v. Louisiana. The petition asks the Court to extend the Sixth Amendment's unanimous jury requirement…