Supreme court with chief Justice John Roberts writing the government did not give adequate justification for ending this program, allowed 8,000 dreamers to avoid deportation. It allows children of Illegal Immigrants to stay in the u. S. If they were under the age of 16 when their parents brought them here and if they arrived by 2007. This ruling means the president can try to come back with a more detailed rational for why the program should be shut down but that could take mondays. University of california, California Attorney general Javier Becerra and a coalition of states sued to restore daca. Becerra said this is a true indictment of the way President Trump does business, which does not reflect american values. He and the daca resill yentz on the call, include two plaintiffs in the case called on congress to come up with a permanent path to citizenship. The victory today proves no one is above the law, including this president. Trump is not above the law. He has made it clear time
Kansas does not allow t last week justices heard oral argue ncase of a man convinthed of killing his wife, two teenage daughters, and motherinlaw. His attorney argued he had meantal disorder. The state Supreme Court upheld the verdict but Defense Attorneys apealed. The nations highest court will now decide the case. Well hear argument first this term in case number 186135, kahler versus kansas. Mr. Chief justice, may it please the court. For centuries criminal pull pabblet has hinged on the capacity for moral judgment. To discern and choose between right and wrong. The insane lack that capacity. This understanding of insanity has persisted since the 1500s and remains the rule in 48 jurisdictions today. A kansas moral hypocrisy from the criminal law and the 14th and 8th amendment. Kansas rewrites history in two ways. By elevating the test one never used in this country and only rarely in england, and secondly by conflating common law intent which was a vicious will and bound up in moral
Number 186135, kahler versus kansas. For centuries criminal culpability has hinged on the capacity for moral judgment, to discern and choose between right and wrong. The insane lack that capacity. This understanding of insanity has persisted since the 1500s and remains the rule in 48 jurisdictions. It runs afoul over the 14th and eighth amendment. Kansas rewrite history and two ways. First by elevating a test that was never used in this country and only rarely in england and secondly by conflating commonlaw intent which required a vicious will and bound up in moral capacity. What applies today . A morality free, kansas uproots the deeply rooted by eliminating any method to assess whether defendants capacity for moral judgment was intact or irretrievably compromised by Mental Illness. I would like to turn to do process and explain why the moral capacity notion is or has been fundamental in our system. The model penal code is an excellent example. Is criminal law eve all the drafters mov
Charles allen wri Stephen Vladek holds the charles rent university of texas published in the New York Times Los Angeles Times he has argued before the Circuit Court that speaks in and of itself and the Supreme Court analystt in 2013 and steven livs in austin texas. I will hand it over to them. [applause] good evening. Stephen vladek a hero in his own town and its great to be here. The first thing i want to ask is will move this conversation. There is still time. I think 20 minutes of silence is about right for a book about the supremed court decisions. It has gone better than last night actually. Are you sure you dont want to just talk about ken paxton . [applause] for an hour. I [applause] yeah. If you have not seen her for the book its terrific and thats up to it andth the book itself is e right book for this moment when its so much in the news and on our minds and well talk a lot about the Supreme Court today in the context of this book lets begin by talking about the book in defini
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