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Category: Corruption | SCOTUS
Earl Warren, a Republican, became U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice in October 1953 during President Dwight Eisenhower’s administration.
John Roberts, a Republican, became U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice in September 2005 during President George W. Bush’s administration.
Both Chief Justices…
Category: Corruption | SCOTUS
In a May 5, 2015 UCLA Law Review article, the late conservative Republican Utah senator, Orin G. Hatch, made this constitutional observation in an argument against the Affordable Care Act:
“From the early days of the Republic, a core component…
Category: Constitutional Law | SCOTUS
The Chief Justice John Roberts-led U.S. Supreme Court will have another opportunity to modify or overrule a longstanding precedent issued by the Court before his tenure as Chief Justice.
The case before the Court, Samia v. United States, involves a…
By an unusually narrow U.S. Senate confirmation vote of 52-48, Clarence Thomas became a U.S. Supreme Court justice on October 23, 1991.
During his over three-decade tenure on the nation’s highest court, Justice Thomas has accumulated more personal, legal, and…
Category: Constitutional Law | SCOTUS
Federalist Paper #78, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, said the need for an “independent judiciary” was “designed to be an intermediate body between the people and their legislature.”
The primary responsibility of the judiciary then…
Category: Appeals | Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law | SCOTUS
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to effective assistance of counsel at both the trial and appellate level. A defendant raising an ineffective assistance claim in a post-conviction proceeding must meet a two-prong…
The Preamble of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct for a lawyer’s responsibility for their “client’s position under the rules of the adversary system.”
That responsibility has no gray area. In the criminal arena, a lawyer must represent each…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | SCOTUS | terrorism
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, America was besieged with fear, suspicion, and hostility towards Muslims and anyone associated with the Islamic faith. Not even the nation’s First…
Category: Constitutional Law | SCOTUS
“Equal justice under law,” by its own admission, is the core constitutional purpose of the U.S. Supreme Court. In fulfilling this purpose, the nine justice tribunal must ensure “the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby,…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct | SCOTUS
This past May, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas told the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee that white supremacists are “the greatest domestic security threat” in the United States.
That assertion is welcome but long overdue, given…
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