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« Wierd laws | Main | Australian study: gun law did nothing »

Upcoming Supreme Court arguments

Posted by David Hardy · 23 October 2006 04:42 PM

They've got some fairly interesting issues scheduled for argument early in the Term:

11/8: Whether the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is invalid because it lacks a health exception or is otherwise unconstitutional on its face.

11/7: Whether attempted burglary is a crime of violence within the meaning of the Armed Career Criminal Act (which provides a 15 year mandatory minimum if there are three prior for violent crimes or serious drug offenses). Defendant was convicted of felon in possession of a gun, and had two drug priors and an attempted burglary. I'd bet against it being violent; government argument is that burglary of a dwelling can lead to violence, but I think that's a stretch).

11/6: Guy sues under 42 USC 1983, after he was convicted of murder, appealed, and court rules charges against him based on unlawful arrest and unlawful interogation. Question is when the statute of limitations begins to run. -- whether it begins with the arrest, or with dismissal of the case.

· General con law

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Sebastian | October 23, 2006 6:27 PM | Reply

Seems to me with the first two, that these shouldn't be matters the federal government ought to be involved with at all.

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