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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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Andrus argues that the Texas court “disregard[ed] this Court’s determinations and legal precedents to strain for a result that it prefers,” and in the process violated “vertical stare decisis,” the principle that lower courts must follow the Supreme Court’s decisions. That’s all for this week. Until next time, stay safe !

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

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TCR: The first part of your book focuses on the roots of the current legal system in English Common. From about the 1600s, they had a gigantic Criminal Code where everything was a felony and every felony was punishable by death. Plea bargaining coincided with overt classism in the legal system. Why does that matter? .

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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Animal Legal Defense Fund. In 2018, the Animal Legal Defense Fund sought a declaratory judgment and permanent injunction on the ground that the law violates the First Amendment’s free speech clause. Animal Legal Defense Fund , 21-760. It seems like the odds of a grant are good in one or both cases. Next up is Kelly v.

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