SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 22, 2021
Share The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to impose new restrictions on the ability of states to sentence juveniles to life without parole, rejecting a challenge from a Mississippi man, Brett Jones, who was convicted of the 2004 stabbing death of his grandfather, a crime committed when Jones was 15.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 24, 2022
The Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, casting aside 49 years of precedent that began with Roe v. In one of the most anticipated rulings in decades, the court overturned Roe , which first declared a constitutional right to abortion in 1973, and Planned Parenthood v.
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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. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v.
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. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding. In Miller v.
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
At the same time, the court has spoken about women’s liberty, equal citizenship, and dignity. Trying to balance deeply held beliefs about abortion might not be the court’s job, and it is impossible to strike a balance that satisfies everyone. Given the court’s handling of Whole Woman’s Health v.
Constitutional Law Reporter
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Several of the Court’s Conservative justices appeared willing to overrule both Roe and Casey.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JANUARY 3, 2022
Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Several of the Court’s Conservative justices appeared willing to overrule both Roe and Casey.
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