“An inmate convicted for breaking into 10 storage lockers has persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to review his mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act. The Supreme Court accepted William Wooden’s pro se appeal Monday, SCOTUSblog reports. Wooden submitted his cert petition on his own, although he was represented by Arnold & Read more…
“Did you over wonder why the Founding Fathers, in writing the preamble to our Constitution, chose to use the words “establish justice” right up front in speaking to the formation of our “more perfect Union?” Well, I guess it was to stress how important the rule of law would be Read more…
The issuance of injunctions that reach beyond just the plaintiffs has recently become the subject of a mounting wave of censorious commentary, including by members of Congress, a Supreme Court Justice, the Solicitor General, the Attorney General, and the President. Critics of these “universal” injunctions have claimed that such injunctions Read more…
The American Bar Association filed an amicus brief June 18 with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking declaration that the U.S. Constitution requires an unanimous jury verdict in felony criminal cases in all 50 states. To continue reading, click here.
I came across this very interesting article in the ABA Journal . It is a historical review of the cases that changed our history. Education is a hallmark of civic life in the United States. So it’s not surprising that education has been at the forefront of many landmark controversies, Read more…
This Article explores a basic question of precedent formation: When a majority of the Supreme Court cannot agree on a rule of decision, can the Court nonetheless create a precedent? Under the Marks rule, the answer is yes: a fragmented Court decision stands for the “position taken by those members who concurred Read more…
ETHICS If your judge is your Facebook friend, should that be disqualifying? A judge’s Facebook friendship with an attorney is not a legally sufficient basis to disqualify the judge from that attorney’s case, a sharply divided (4-3) Florida Supreme Court has ruled in a decision that produced three different opinions Read more…