"Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman's How Appealing blog, the Web's first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. "Alabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On 'Cruel and Unusual Punishment'; In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people; But states are testing that holding's limits": Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes."
""South Carolina man asks Fourth Circuit for new trial in trans woman's slaying; Daqua Ritter's case was the first time federal prosecutors brought a hate crime based on gender identity to trial": Steve Garrison of Courthouse News Service has this report. "Halligan's US attorney nomination appears dead on arrival in Senate; Both Democratic senators from Virginia signaled they would withhold blue slips"
""for the controversial nominee, who served as the acting lead prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia until she was disqualified by a judge": Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report. "Remember the Torture Memos? The Boat Strike Memos May Be Worse. The Trump administration needs to release the legal analysis underpinning its controversial military campaign." Ankush Khardori has this essay online at Politico Magazine."
Alabama seeks Supreme Court leeway on applying the ban against executing intellectually disabled people, as states test that 2002 constitutional limitation. A South Carolina defendant requests a new Fourth Circuit trial after a hate-crime prosecution marked the first federal trial based on gender identity. A U.S. attorney nominee faces Senate opposition after Virginia senators signaled they would withhold blue slips and after prior disqualification by a judge. Calls intensify for release of legal analyses underpinning a controversial military campaign, likened to or considered worse than past torture memos. Video and opinion pieces examine Supreme Court advocacy and limits the Court may not cross.
#death-penalty--intellectual-disability #hate-crimes--gender-identity #doj-nominations #military-legal-memos
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