21 Feb What Makes Civil Wars Various
David Armitage offers tremendous insight into civil wars and how to understand them, but not in the usual social scientific or historical key....
David Armitage offers tremendous insight into civil wars and how to understand them, but not in the usual social scientific or historical key....
The court has returned from its nearly four-week midwinter recess, one marked by a number of extracurricular orders, an even bigger number of public appearances by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a smaller number of public appearances by other justices. Presumably, some work has gotten done,...
The petition of the day is: Bostic v. Pash 17-912 Issue: Whether, when the Supreme Court held in Graham v. Florida that “[t]he Constitution prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide,” states can bypass that rule by...
Our team of experts at Page Vault hear this question almost daily: “Can social media be used as admissible evidence in a court of law?” Whether you’re a legal professional looking for answers on Facebook posts and comments, Instagram pictures, Twitter tweets or YouTube videos,...
The transcript in Currier v. Virginia is available on the Supreme Court’s website; the transcript in City of Hays v. Vogt is also available. The post Argument transcripts appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
Curtis Dawkins, a Michigan prisoner and publishing sensation, could be forced to repay the costs of his incarceration from the proceeds of his literary work, The Guardian reports. Dawkins is serving a life sentence for a 2004 crime spree on Halloween night that left one...
Ohio v. American Express Co., which is set for argument on February 26, may simply reinforce the burden-shifting approach that has been developed and applied in civil antitrust cases, or it could announce a particular new approach defining markets and assessing competitive harm in multi-sided...
Louisiana’s parole board on Monday denied freedom to 71-year-old Henry Montgomery, a Baton Rouge man convicted of killing a sheriff’s deputy whose case was central in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that juvenile offenders be given a chance at release, The Advocate reports. A three-member...
New York City narcotics officers, moving in on a seeming crack deal, seized two packets, which turned out to contain little more than a residue of the drug. Two men were arrested, and the charges against one of them was dismissed. What the officers got...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a request from gun rights activists to examine California’s 10-day waiting period for firearm sales, prompting Justice Clarence Thomas to say his colleagues are turning the Second Amendment into a “disfavored right,” the Washington Post reports. Thomas was...