What Happened The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration today. In ruling that immigrants with criminal records can be detained and held indefinitely while they await deportation proceedings. SCOTUS again over ruled the Ninth Circuit in reversing and remanding Nielsen v. Preap. In the 5-4 decision which decided in 2016 that immigrants with criminal …
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the 8th amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states in a case on asset forfeiture. It’s not a close call. The vote was 9-0. “Held: The Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is an incorporated protection applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.”
This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court …
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This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court …
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This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court …
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Can the Ruth-less Supreme Court look forward to the return of their missing Justice? It’s too soon to tell. But Liberal hearts must be swelling at this news. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) has been spotted in public. Fox News Reports that, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday attended a concert …in Washington, D.C., marking her first public appearance …
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This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court …
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This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court …
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This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court …
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We predicted that Justice Ginsburg would be retiring by the end of January. It may be necessary to reimagine what the word retirement means. She has not officially declared herself no longer a working justice. But she has not appeared for work. And the media are ignoring that almost entirely. We could call these things …
