Supreme Court Heard Oral Arguments in HIV-Positive Pilot’s Privacy Case
According to reports by CNN and NPR the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case concerning the federal government and an individual’s right to privacy. Here are the transcripts of the Oral Arguments . Specifically, the case before the High Court concerns ...
Georgia's Requirement of Proof of Mental Retardation Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Constitutional
On November 22, 2011 the Eleventh Circuit held that Georgia’s requirement that criminal defendants prove their mental retardation beyond a reasonable ...
With the recent decision by the Supreme Court to hear the challenge brought by states against President Obama’s national healthcare plan, the justices ...
U.S. Supreme Court to Examine Potential Prosecutorial Misconduct
The United States Supreme Court heard a case recently dealing with the appeal of a death-row inmate from Louisiana. The Defendant, Juan Smith, argued ...
Analysis of the Impact of Amendment to the Statutory Penalties for Crack Cocaine
The memorandum linked below estimates the impact on crack cocaine offenders currently incarcerated in the federal prison system of the Fair Sentencing ...