Patently O
JULY 6, 2022
Steve Gass has a PhD in physics and also a patent attorney. And, in any case, these exceptions have defined the reach of the statute as a matter of statutory stare decisis going back 150 years. My middle school shop teacher was missing fingers courtesy of a table saw. Kappos , 561 U.S. 593 (2010).
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 5, 2023
On February 1, 2023, the Death Penalty Information Center reported that Andrus’ attorney, Gretchen Sween , told the Los Angeles Times that the latest Supreme Court denial left her client a “broken” man “careening toward the abyss.” Andrus’ attorney, Gretchen Sween, once again sought and secured certiorari review before the Supreme Court.
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SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Andrus further argues that the Texas court’s decision conflicts with “vertical stare decisis,” the principle that lower courts must follow the Supreme Court’s decisions. Intellectual disability and the death penalty. CLS Transportation Los Angeles LLC. Apple Inc. Qualcomm Incorporated.
Patently O
JUNE 29, 2021
These ideas of stare decisis and silent reenactment are part of a major ongoing debate within the Court over its role in changing its own prior precedent. = = = =.
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
The goal was to evade court rulings blocking the law’s enforcement before it took effect (and to avoid the hefty attorneys’ fees that other states with heartbeat laws have forked out to defend against those pre-enforcement lawsuits). Besides, the best chance for supporters of abortion rights is to lean on precedent.
The Crime Report
APRIL 8, 2022
The remaining 97 percent have been decided by plea bargain: an arrangement made between a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and the defendant under which an individual enters a guilty or no contest plea in exchange for a reduction in the level of a charge, a reduced number of charges, or the recommendation of a lighter sentence.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
At his trial, prosecutors called the assistant district attorney who had handled the case at the grand jury to the stand, where he testified at length. The man, Willard Anthony, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for aggravated rape. A state appeals court ruled that Anthony had not received a fair trial.
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