The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States held its first public hearing on the debate over expanding the Court and other potential changes. This portion includes …
375 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Buck v. Davis, docket number 15-8049. The case concerns whether Duane Buck can appeal his death penalty sentence based on testimony by a witness call…
2,298 viewsPanelists looked at the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, and examined its relationship to issues of today’s criminal justice system. They discussed pol…
1,837 viewsLegal experts reviewed key decisions of the 2015-16 Supreme Court term and examined how the court functioned with eight justices following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Topics include…
779 viewsOn the twentieth anniversary of U.S. Supreme Court case McCleskey v. Kemp a panel of legal scholars discussed the legacy of the McCleskey decision and whether it ultimately created an impene…
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