GORSUCH IS LOVE
"instead of the mistrial he would have received almost anywhere else, Mr. Ramos was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole." supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf… #cjreform
"instead of the mistrial he would have received almost anywhere else, Mr. Ramos was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole." supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf… #cjreform
"According to one committee chairman, the
avowed purpose of that convention was to 'establish the supremacy of the white race'”
avowed purpose of that convention was to 'establish the supremacy of the white race'”
"With a careful eye on racial demographics, the convention
delegates sculpted a 'facially race-neutral' rule permitting
10-to-2 verdicts in order 'to ensure that African-American
juror service would be meaningless.'”
delegates sculpted a 'facially race-neutral' rule permitting
10-to-2 verdicts in order 'to ensure that African-American
juror service would be meaningless.'”
"courts in both Louisiana and Oregon have frankly acknowledged that race was a motivating factor in the adoption of their States’ respective nonunanimity rules."
my savage boi
"who gives two fucks about the 6th Amnd haha lol"
— the court that fucked shit up
— the court that fucked shit up
Louisiana: "LOL no even we think that's fucked. We're just askin u 2 YOLO it moar haha"
Gorsuch: "wtf r u doin tho"
Gorsuch asks why the fuck a non-unanimous jury putting people away is always a good thing?
"When the American people chose to enshrine that
right in the Constitution, they weren’t suggesting fruitful
topics for future cost-benefit analyses. They were seeking
to ensure that their children’s children would enjoy the
same hard-won liberty they enjoyed. "
right in the Constitution, they weren’t suggesting fruitful
topics for future cost-benefit analyses. They were seeking
to ensure that their children’s children would enjoy the
same hard-won liberty they enjoyed. "
"As judges, it is not our role to reassess whether the right to a unanimous jury is 'important enough' to retain."
MY WHOLE HEART
"stare decisis isn’t supposed to be the art of methodically ignoring what everyone knows to be true."
"stare decisis isn’t supposed to be the art of methodically ignoring what everyone knows to be true."
bae reminds that precedent isn't "an inexorable command"
"as the dissent itself concedes, a ruling for Louisiana would invite other States to relax their own unanimity requirements. In fact, 14 jurisdictions have already told us that they would value the right to “experiment” with nonunanimous juries."
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