All Articles tagged United States Constitution

• New York Appeals
  September 13, 2019 EDT
  LET’S BE REASONABLE: WHY NEW YORK COURTS NEED TO EMBRACE THE FEDERAL STANDARD FOR ANALYZING POLICE-CIVILIAN ENCOUNTERS
  Yuval Simchi-Levi

  Under the Fourth Amendment, federal courts and many other state courts have determined that whether police officers acted lawfully hinges on whether the officers’ conduct was reasonable—plain and simple.

• Justice Commentaries
  July 17, 2018 EDT
  SNAKE OIL WITH A BITE: THE LETHAL VENEER OF SCIENCE AND TEXAS’S DEATH PENALTY
  James R. Acker

  This article examines the several stages of Texas capital prosecutions in which unreliable expert and scientific opinions have contributed to the prosecution and execution of persons accused of committing murder.

• Justice Commentaries
  November 08, 2017 EDT
  ENFORCING RIGHTS FORIMMIGRANTS FACING THE ULTIMATE CRIMINAL PENALTY: DEPORTATION
  Kelly Anderson

  This article argues that deportation should be considered an "ultimate punishment," and therefore treated with an eye toward the same policy that underlies the constitutionality of the death penalty.