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US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials

JURIST

If it had chosen to hear the case, the court could have decided whether it is inherent within the Constitution that criminal defendants are entitled to a trial by a jury of 12 or more members of the community. The post US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials appeared first on JURIST - News.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. First, let’s look at the law. Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law.

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