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A. Scalia

Montgomery v. Louisiana, No. 14-280, ___ U.S. ___, (Jan. 25, 2016).

February 2, 2016 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: A. Kennedy, A. Scalia, C. Thomas, SCOTUS

Miller v. Alabama’s prohibition on mandatory life without parole for juvenile offenders announced a new substantive, not procedural, rule. Miller is therefore retroactive in cases of state collateral review.

Kansas v. Carr, No. 14-449, ___ U.S. ___ (Jan. 20, 2016).

January 25, 2016 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: A. Scalia, S. Sotomayor, SCOTUS

The Eighth Amendment does not require capital-sentencing courts to instruct a jury that mitigating circumstances need not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Joint capital-sentencing proceeding did not violate defendants’ Eighth Amendment right to an “individualized sentencing determination.”

Johnson v. United States, No. 13-7120, ___ U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015).

July 2, 2015 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: A. Kennedy, A. Scalia, C. Thomas, S. Alito, SCOTUS

Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)’s definition of “violent felony” is unconstitutionally vague as to its residual clause, which covers any felony that “involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another”; clause leaves uncertainty about how to estimate the risk posed by a crime or how much risk it takes for a crime to qualify as a violent felony. (Overruling James v. United States, 550 U.S. 192 (2007) and Sykes v. United States, 564 U.S. 1 (2011).)

Glossip v. Gross, No. 14–7955 , ___ U.S. ___ (June 29, 2015).

July 2, 2015 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: A. Scalia, C. Thomas, S. Alito, S. Breyer, S. Sotomayor, SCOTUS

Use of the sedative midazolam for lethal injections does not violate the Eighth Amendment, despite claims that it cannot reliably render an inmate unconscious before administering the lethal drugs.

Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14–556, __ U.S. __ (June 28, 2015).

July 2, 2015 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: A. Kennedy, A. Scalia, C. Thomas, J. Roberts, S. Alito, SCOTUS

Same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry.

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