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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. It reportedly includes claims of felony and misdemeanor charges of unlawful restraint, but didn’t name individual suspects. To great acclaim, Rachael Rollins, then the U.S.

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“This Judge is a Hero”: Democratic Politicians and Judges Praise Judge Dugan and Call for Resistance

JonathanTurley

Flores-Ruiz was previously deported and then entered again illegally, a federal felony. Not only is reentry a felony but when there is an order of expedited removal , you can be deported without any further court hearing. I previously wrote about the case of Massachusetts judge Shelley M.