Category: U.S. Supreme Court

Will the Supreme Court Shed New Light on “Standing”?

by · Jan 17, 2020 5:27 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court took up three sets of cases after its Friday conference. None of them are criminal or related cases. Amy Howe has a report on them. One of them may shed new light on the recurring and difficult problem of “standing,” i.e., who can appear in court to challenge or defend a law. This is a long-standing (no pun intended) problem in victims’ rights. When can victims of crime step up when government officials should but do not?

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Curtis Flowers Follow-Up

by · Jan 7, 2020 11:32 am

As a follow-up to last term’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Flowers v. Mississippi, Zack Budryk reports in The Hill:

A Mississippi district attorney who drew national attention by retrying a black man charged with murder six times announced Monday he will recuse himself from the case and asked the state attorney general’s office to retry it, according to The Associated Press.

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