Punch and Jurists: November 5, 2007

Volume 14, Number 45

In this issue:

Logan v. U.S., No. 06-6911 (U.S. Supreme Court) (552 U.S. 23; 128 S.Ct. 475) (December 4, 2007) (Justice Ginsburg) (p None)
Carlson v. Jess, No. 06C0481 (E.D.Wisc.) (507 F.Supp.2d 968) (September 4, 2007) (Judge Lynn S. Adelman) (p None)

Logan v. U.S., No. 06-6911 (U.S. Supreme Court) (552 U.S. 23; 128 S.Ct. 475) (December 4, 2007) (Justice Ginsburg)

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists November 05, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Civil Rights Restored.

Carlson v. Jess, No. 06C0481 (E.D.Wisc.) (507 F.Supp.2d 968) (September 4, 2007) (Judge Lynn S. Adelman)

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists November 05, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Counsel of Choice.

One of the many abominations of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") was that it threw out more than 200 years of carefully-reasoned precedent relating to the Great Writ of habeas corpus, which for centuries functioned as the "symbol and guardian of individual liberty." Peyton v. …