Punch and Jurists

Sessions v. Dimaya, No. 15-1498 (U.S. Supreme Court) (584 U.S. ___; 138 S.Ct. 1204) (April 17, 2018) (Justice Kagan) by In a decision that is destined to have a major impact on the enforcement of the country’s immigration laws, a sharply divided Supreme Court held in the instant case that …

Johnson v. U.S., No. 13-7120 (U.S. Supreme Court) (576 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 2551) (June 26, 2015) (Justice Scalia) by This is a watershed criminal law decision that (a) strikes down as unconstitutionally vague a critical and frequently used mandatory minimum sentencing provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act of …

Does v. Snyder, No. 12-11194 (E.D.Mich.) (101 F.Supp.3d 672) (March 31, 2015) (Judge Robert H. Cleland) by In this decision, Judge Cleland struck down as unconstitutional four separate provisions of Michigan’s recently amended Sex Offenders Registration Act ("SORA"). The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties …