The Zimmerman illustrates the differences between jury trials and plea bargains. Race is only indirectly involved.
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Tag Archives: Law
You Can’t Fix Problems You Can’t See
Below the headlines, SCOTUS issued a couple of sensible rulings this week on employment law. The court’s liberal wing dissented.
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Crafting New Tools For Evolving Problems
We are not a perfectly just society, but we are not a society that endorses poll taxes and whites-only country clubs, either.
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When Winning Gets In The Way
After defeating bias claims in court, the administration’s political appointees authorized settlement checks anyway.
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Little Girls, Community Cats, And Roast Beef
If birds are dying, don’t blame cats. Blame cherries.
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Is Every Dumb Law Unconstitutional?
Bad laws are not necessarily unconstitutional, even when legislatures write them to dole out favors to the well-connected.
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A Regrettable Position, Promptly Regretted
Disrespect of Supreme Court decisions by some of its own members may soon boomerang.
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A New Way To Miscarry Justice
It’s hard to fathom the depths we would reach if we lowered ourselves to the level of Russian jurisprudence.
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