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How the Supreme Court's Recognition of a Religious Exemption to Antidiscrimination Laws Could be a Small Step Toward Establishing an...

How Supreme Court review of state court decisions that "over-protect" a criminal defendant's rights under the US Constitution violates...

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The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy...

Not as Simple as it Seems In United States v. Hernandez-Escarsega, 886 F.2d 1560 (1989), the Ninth Circuit held, as every other circuit...

When maximum does not mean maximum. With the exception of capital crimes that carry the possibility of a sentence of life in prison or...