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28 Feb Tomorrow’s Argument in Deck v. Missouri
In 1998, petitioner Carman Deck was convicted of, inter alia, two counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to death. After his convictions and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, Deck sought state post-conviction relief on the ground that his trial counsel had been ineffective...
28 Feb Court agrees to hear four cases
The Supreme Court on Monday granted review of four cases, one on the free-speech rights of public employees, one on state taxes on gasoline sold by Indian tribes to their customers, and two on jurisdictional issues. The Court, once again, took no action on the...
24 Feb April arguments, day by day
Here are brief summaries of the 11 cases the Supreme Court will hear in the weeks of April 18 and April 25. The calendar can be found here. The Court granted review of these cases on January 7 or 14. These will be the final...
22 Feb Court agrees to hear assisted suicide, worker pay cases
The Supreme Court, returning from a four-week recess, stepped into another angry cultural controversy, agreeing on Tuesday to hear the Bush Administration’s challenge to Oregon’s doctor-assisted suicide law – the Death With Dignity Act. At issue in the case is whether the federal government has...
21 Feb Moussaoui: an acquittal in the offing?
The Justice Department chose to bring its terrorism case against Zacarias Moussaoui in Alexandria, VA, precisely because it believed that venue would significantly enhance its chances of getting a conviction and a death sentence in the only case in the U.S. charging an individual with...
13 Feb Drug-sniffing dogs: a Fourth Amendment sequel?
The Supreme Court spent little effort on a recent decision allowing police, who have stopped a car for a traffic violation, to walk a drug-detection dog around the vehicle to check for illegal narcotics. It took less than five full pages to decide the case...- 375
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