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The meeting is part of an agreement reached at the White House on May 21. That followed President Donald Trump's May 20 call for a probe into whether the FBI or justice department…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB233988
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Rubio's move comes as several candidates for the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination are discussing 'packing' the Supreme Court -- adding justices intended to nullify…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242734
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Although the Commission represents the most concrete action on Supreme Court reform in decades, the large membership makes it unwieldy and it lacks a clear mandate to offer…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261432
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A new justice has the potential to change the tenor of the Supreme Court's rulings significantly for many years to come, on issues including the scope of federal regulation…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208470
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On October 6, the US Senate voted 50-48 to confirm Kavanaugh, who succeeds recently retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh’s confirmation returns the Court to full nine-member…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239050
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A majority of the Court's members are now prepared to risk its institutional legitimacy by overturning precedents and altering legal doctrines that would have remained in place…
Politics of the US criminal justice system.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220340
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Although much of its docket remains to be filled, it has chosen to address some of the country’s most politically contentious topics. It has scheduled arguments on cases that will…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264586
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Most of the cases to be heard between now and June remain to be chosen but the list so far reveals some extraordinarily important issues. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256593
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This would mean a 6-3 conservative majority on the Court, and considerable controversy because Republican Senate leadership refused to consider a Court nominee ahead of the 2016…