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Jennings v. Stephens, No. 13-7211 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 793) (January 14, 2015) (Justice Scalia)

Loaded on June 29, 2015 published in Punch and Jurists June 29, 2015
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Spisak Theory.

This is a death penalty/habeas corpus case from Texas that will probably best be remembered by the fact that the majority decision was written by Justice Scalia and the dissent was written by his nearly-inseparable protégée, Justice Thomas, who literally and caustically accused his mentor of misunderstanding and misapplying the ...

 

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