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Federal Courts Supreme Court Could Split Over Rights of Immigrant Detainees

Supreme Court Could Split Over Rights of Immigrant Detainees

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments on the extent of the government's power to detain immigrants facing removal, without the opportunity for...

Federal Courts Double Jeopardy Doesn't Bar Politician's Retrial, Supreme Court Rules

Double Jeopardy Doesn't Bar Politician's Retrial, Supreme Court Rules

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In its first merits opinion of the term, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Double Jeopardy Clause does not prevent the retrial of a Puerto Rican...

Federal Courts SCOTUS Seems Ready to Toss Texas's Death Penalty Standard

SCOTUS Seems Ready to Toss Texas's Death Penalty Standard

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case of Moore v. Texas, a challenge to the standards Texas uses to determine whether inmates are too...

Federal Courts After a Century of Waiting, We're Finally Getting a Treatise on Judicial Precedent

After a Century of Waiting, We're Finally Getting a Treatise on Judicial Precedent

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Here's something a bit unprecedented: 12 distinguished appellate judges have come together with Bryan Garner to release a "hornbook-style" treatise on the...

Federal Courts Court Considers Residual Clause in Federal Sentencing Guidelines

Court Considers Residual Clause in Federal Sentencing Guidelines

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

About a year and a half ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Johnson v. United States that the so-called residual clause in the Armed Career Criminals Act was...

Federal Courts Is Korematsu Really Still Good Law?

Is Korematsu Really Still Good Law?

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A year ago on Sunday, while campaigning in Iowa, Donald Trump said that as president he would "absolutely" implement a registry for Muslims in the United...

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