SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. In an unsigned opinion, the court ruled that Terence Andrus had demonstrated that his lawyer provided deficient performance at sentencing for failing to investigate or introduce mitigating evidence.

Stare Decisis 95

Stare Decisis Court Court Rules Laws 95

SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

After lingering on the court’s docket for more than a year, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal , ruling in an unsigned opinion that death-row prisoner Terence Andrus had demonstrated that his lawyer provided constitutionally ineffective performance at sentencing by failing to investigate or introduce mitigating evidence.

Stare Decisis 98

Stare Decisis Court Felony Statute 98

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. Instead, the court simply interpreted the two statutes at issue by looking primarily at the statutes’ text and structure.

Laws 101

Laws Stare Decisis Court Statute 101