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False Confessions: Protecting the Vulnerable

The Crime Report

Our justice system is supposed to protect such people by assigning them a “legal guardian” —a surrogate decision-maker who acts under the authority of the probate court or of state laws governing guardianships. When the ward is an adult, authorities are required to notify the guardian that an interrogation is about to take place.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court denied cert on Monday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, filed an opinion dissenting from the court’s denial of summary vacatur.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

JonathanTurley

This week, a court in Georgia became the latest to declare such laws unconstitutional. 1982), the Supreme Court addressed a boycott of white-owned businesses in Mississippi. District Court Judge Mark Cohen ruled for Martin on the core constitutional challenge. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Feb.