SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 22, 2021
Alabama and its 2016 ruling in Montgomery v. How low,” she concluded, “this Court’s respect for stare decisis has sunk.”. Jones had argued that two recent Supreme Court decisions on mandatory life-without-parole decisions for juveniles – the court’s 2012 decision in Miller v.
JURIST
APRIL 24, 2021
Alabama and 2016’s Montgomery v. ” Even if the court had “doubts” about that rule, they should have provided “special justification” before overruling Miller and Montgomery , which they failed to do: How low this Court’s respect for stare decisis has sunk.
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The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
Alabama (2012), the court ruled that mandatory life in prison without parole for juvenile offenders was cruel and unusual punishment, violating the Eighth Amendment. In Miller v. Four years later, in Montgomery v. “The The court is fooling no one,”” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The abortion providers’ case relies heavily on stare decisis. Guinness World Records recently announced that an Alabama boy named Curtis Means is the most premature baby to survive. The Texas Heartbeat Act exemplifies lawmakers’ frustration with the status quo and their determination to protect unborn children and mothers.
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