JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. Mississippi that when sentencing juvenile defendants to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole, judges need not make a separate factual finding concerning the defendant’s youth. … For most, the answer is yes. . … For most, the answer is yes.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

And even if the court does not formally overturn Roe and Casey , a decision weakening those precedents would permit new abortion restrictions, perhaps including bans on some early-stage abortions. In Dobbs , Mississippi and its supporters are urging the court to answer that question with a full-throated “no.”. Katie Barlow).

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Photo courtesy Mississippi Department of Corrections. In Miller v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Despite annual columns questioning such apocalyptic predictions, which often seemed more political than legal, the granting of Dobbs led me to write my first “this could be it” column. That does not mean the court will do so, but it could substantially reduce Roe’s hold over states. Hodges and the ObamaCare ruling in NFIB v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a challenge to a Mississippi law that bans almost all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy, that a majority of the court was ready and willing to roll back abortion rights. The only real question was how far the justices might go. And in West Virginia v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to the Mississippi abortion law. The statement seemed directed at Sotomayor’s three new colleagues and the effort to use the new court composition to seek the reduction or overturning of Roe v. Here is the column: In Wednesday’s Supreme Court oral argument in Dobbs v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

Share Justice Stephen Breyer, a devoted pragmatist and the senior member of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing, will retire from the court at the end of the 2021-22 term, NBC News reported on Wednesday. A pivotal vote in religion cases. At the oral argument in Dobbs v. Texas , rejecting an effort to strike down the Affordable Care Act.

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