(Anchorage, AK) - In
Alaska v. Wright, the United States Supreme Court summarily reversed a Ninth Circuit ruling which allowed Wright to challenge his underlying state conviction through a federal habeas claim, even though he had fully served his state sentence. An individual can petition a court for a release from custody by filing a habeas claim. In this case, however, Wright was not in the custody or the supervision of the State of Alaska at the time he filed his habeas claim against the State.
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This decision brings finality to state court judgments. The Supreme Court here emphasized its enduring respect for the State s interest in the finality of convictions that have survived direct review within the state court system . . . [t]o unsettle [finality] expectations is to inflict a profound injury on the States and the victims of crime. And that is precisely the harm that today s decision has undone and made right.
“If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable,” wrote Justice William Brennan in 1989. Wahever the political differences or kinship you may have with the late Supreme Court justice, on this point many of our fellow Americans would agree.
Our reliance upon the “rule of law” is among our highest ideals as a nation, upon which we long have based our moral leadership as an advanced democracy. This is the principle that America is “a nation of laws, not of men” (and women). As we celebrate Law Day, May 1, I ask, how are we doing with that?
There is reason for some optimism. First, we witnessed the refusal of our federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, to overturn the presidential election based upon false claims of election fraud, despite some 60 lawsuits.
Second, we have just witnessed the murder conviction of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin for the brutal killing of a Black man, George Floyd. However, as many have noted, without the cell phone video, the case might never have been prosecuted. So, there is relief for some that there was finally accountability in the courts, but renewed calls by many for systemic police reform. There is still much work to do to end
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: April 29
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in an immigration case. The court held that a notice to appear sufficient to trigger the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996’s stop-time rule is a single document containing all the information about an individual’s removal hearing specified in 8 U. S. C. §1229(a)(1). Powered by Distribution channels: EIN Presswire does not exercise editorial control over third-party content provided, uploaded, published, or distributed by users of EIN Presswire. We are a distributor, not a publisher, of 3rd party content. Such content may contain the views, opinions, statements, offers, and other material of the respective users, suppliers, participants, or authors.
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