Share By a vote of 6-3 along ideological lines, the justices ruled that a federal appeals court was wrong when it ordered post-conviction relief for Danny Lee Jones, who contended that his Sixth Amendment right to have adequate representation by his lawyer was violated during the sentencing phase of his trial. Jones was convicted and…
Share The Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a lawsuit by the National Rifle Association, alleging that a New York official violated the group’s First Amendment rights when she urged banks and insurance companies not to do business with it in the wake of the 2018 shooting at a Florida high school. In a unanimous decision…
Share We expect one or more opinions from the court this morning. Join us for live coverage at 9:45 a.m. EDT. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Alito tells lawmakers he will not recuse from Supreme…
Share On Thursday, May 30, we live blogged as the court released opinions in three cases from the current term. The justices ruled unanimously in Cantero v. Bank of America, N. A., holding that the lower court did not apply the standard for determining when state laws that regulate national banks are preempted “in a…
Share This article was updated on May 30 at 4:20 p.m. to include information on Chief Justice John Roberts’s statement. Two weeks after the New York Times first reported that an upside-down American flag – popular among the “Stop the Steal” movement – flew outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel Alito in the days…
Hello, Crime Family, and welcome back to Episode 93 at the True Crime BnB. This week we have a little more cussing than usual, because it comes up in quotes that really contribute to the telling of the stories. Yes! I said STORIES. I’m harking back to the Bad Guy / Good Guy days, even…
Hey, Crime Family, thanks for bearing with me as I am dropping Episode 92 two days late. The previous week just didn’t allow me to finish it for Friday, so I am doing my first-ever Sunday release so I can stay on track for every other week. So, that business out of the way, this…
Hello, I’m glad you’ve chosen to pop in at the True Crime BnB for Episode 91! This week’s episode is pretty rough and covers a senseless crime against a West Alexandria, Ohio woman who, in February, 1989, was weeks away from giving birth to a son she had already named. Joy Gayle Morningstar Stewart was…
Thank you for joining me to back at the True Crime BnB for Episode 89. Today I am taking you to Mexico City in 1958, and we are going to remember the murder of Harriet Ann Eckman Hicks. But there is a lot to remember about Harriet besides the way she was taken from her…
Today the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Ninth Circuit in a capital case, Thornell v. Jones. All but one of the Justices agreed that the panel decision was wrong. The Ninth Circuit itself refused to rehear this rogue decision over the dissents of ten of its judges. This is such a common…