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Tag Archives: Supreme Court
3 Reasons to Thank a Public Defender
This is the 50th Year of Gideon, which possibly means little to the majority of people in America- or so they believe. Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court decided that American citizens have a right to a lawyer in court. … Continue reading
Fed Court Rules on Racist Crack Law- SCOTUS on Deck
After decades of public agitating that the federal sentencing laws are creating racist results, Congress famously lowered the 100-to-1 weight ratio (cocaine powder to crack) down to 18-to-1 with the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010. A significant remaining question is … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 to 1, Blewett, Blewit, Cocaine, Congress, Crack, disparity, Dorsey, Equal Protection Clause, Fair Sentencing Act, retroactivity, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. v. Blewett, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, US Supreme Court
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Supreme Court and Voting Rights: What They Did, and What We Do Next
The good news: Racism is over. The bad news: This is the lie we keep telling ourselves while racist actions are still happening at the highest levels of government. For instance, a recent FBI investigation in Alabama recorded state senators … Continue reading →