The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
The decision follows multiple previous precedents set by the Court over the past decade that sharply limited courts’ ability to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without parole, the lawyers wrote. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have banned life in prison without parole for children under state law.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 5, 2021
The United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (and the later denial of a motion for consideration ) in rejecting the much touted lawsuit to give residents a vote in Congress. I have written about D.C. It is a recurring problem.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Federal Court Said NOAA Justified Redaction of Communications Between Climate Scientist and White House During Obama Administration.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 6, 2017
Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and the City of Chicago sought leave to intervene on behalf of the petitioners. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. Department of the Interior Secretarial Order No.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the District Court for the District of Columbia has caused a bit of a stir after a hearing in a criminal case where she called for briefing on the alternative grounds for the right to an abortion. Bangerter , 61 F.3d 3d 1505, 1514-15 (10th Cir.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 19, 2021
Supreme Court decisions indicate that it is “inherently prejudicial” for a defendant to appear before a jury in shackles, but both the state courts and the lower federal courts rejected his claims. At issue in the case is a question left open after the justices’ 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2020
And I had their ear, explaining Supreme Court decisions on a regular basis over many years. In June, the court ruled in R.G. & He served the court while Burger was chief justice. The three television networks had enormous influence. Millions of Americans would time their day to be home for the evening news.
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