Venue Clause News Today

A prominent civil rights organization is warning that behind the basics of a recent Supreme Court opinion is a new door for prosecutors to get around the double jeopardy restrictions in U.S. law.

The Supreme Court of the United States concluded that the Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause does not preclude retrial of a criminal defendant who was prosecuted in an improper venue...

Supreme Court explained that the remedy at common law for a trial in an improper venue and before a jury drawn from the wrong vicinage did not preclude retrial

The U.S. Supreme Court today delivered a ruling that flows from a trade secrets theft case, holding that “the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district.”

Haaland v Brackeen SCOTUS upholds constitutionality Indian Child Welfare Act ICWA, Lac du Flambeau Band Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v Coughlin Bankruptcy Code Sovereign Immunity, Smith v United States Double Jeopardy Clause Constitution allows retrial of person tried in wrong venue

Indian tribal rights led the Supreme Court’s docket yesterday. In one case, the Court held that the federal Bankruptcy Code abrogated the sovereign immunity of tribal governments. And...