Christopher Wright Durocher News Today

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Brown v. Davenport, upholding the murder conviction of a man who was shackled at trial in view of the jury, makes an unjust federal review law more potent, and points to the conservative supermajority’s increasing antagonism toward writs of habeas corpus, says Christopher Wright Durocher at the American Constitution Society.

The publicity over recent execution dates, including South Carolina’s firing squad, could fuel declining public support for the death penalty.

Perspectives By Christopher Wright Durocher | May 2, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT Christopher Wright DurocherLast week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could gut many existing laws that impose limits on carrying handguns in public.[1] In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett, the court will decide whether New York state violated the petitioners Second Amendment rights when it denied their applications for concealed-carry licenses. While seemingly unrelated,...