Capacious, Ordered Liberty
The phrase “ordered liberty” reminds me the reasons the Framers abandoned the Articles of Confederation and created the Federal Constitution
Tagged: due process
Dirty Harry: Inadmissible
“Dirty” Harry Callahan learns that all of the evidence he gathered with respect to the Scorpio killer is inadmissible.
Wednesday Writs 4/22: Ramos v. Louisiana
This week, the Court delivered its decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, in what must be among the most fractured opinions in SCOTUS history. Let me try to break that down:
That Which Kris Kobach Is About To Wreak Upon Our Courts
Peer with Burt Likko into his Constitutional crystal ball, and you shall see a vision of a veritable hurricane of voter registration litigation, of a sort yet unseen in American legal history.
“Judgment” is Not Just the Name of a Document
Unlike a legislature or even an executive, a judicial officer is obliged to explain the reasoning underlying a judicial action.
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The 2016 First Monday In October Report Is Here!
A preview of selected cases appearing on the United States Supreme Court’s docket for the 2016-2017 Term.
