Repudiating the 'Dual Sovereignty' Exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause Could Undermine the Federal War on Weed. Oh No!
The Supreme Court seems disinclined to overturn precedents allowing serial prosecutions of the same crime.
8th Amendment
Today's Supreme Court Oral Argument in Timbs v. Indiana Suggests Justices are Likely to Apply Excessive Fines Clause to State Asset Forfeitures
The Court seems very likely to rule that the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment applies to state governments, and that at least some asset forfeitures violate the Clause. Potentially a big win for property rights and civil liberties.
This Week, Supreme Court Will Hear an Important Case that Could Help Curb Asset Forfeiture Abuse
The case both addresses important legal issues, and could have substantial practical implications.
For Female Inmates, Talking Back is More Likely to End in a Trip to Solitary
Women prisoners are more likely to receive solitary confinement and other harsh punishments for minor infractions like "reckless eye-balling."
U.S. Prisons Held At Lest 61,000 Inmates in Solitary Confinement Last Year
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: "Keeping prisoners in 'near-total isolation' from the living world [...] comes perilously close to a penal tomb."
Federal Court Upholds New Jersey's Bail-Eliminating Pretrial Reforms
No constitutional right to pay cash for freedom if there are alternatives
Trump Says He's Not Sure Torture Works but Might Use It Anyway
The president-elect reserves the right to torture terrorism suspects for revenge.
