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Bright Line Fever: The Argument in Maryland v. Shatzer
acslaw.org - 10/7/2009
Bright Line Fever: The Argument in Maryland v. Shatzer
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By Susan A. Bandes , Distinguished Research Professor at DePaul University College of Law and Author of The Passions of Law Miranda v. Arizona and the cases implementing it tend to favor clear and unequivocal rules for the guidance of police, prosecutors, courts and suspects. In  ...

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SCOTUSblog — ... artistic value.” Sentencing Law and Policy offers a recap of another of yesterday’s arguments, Johnson v. United States (08-6925), observing that Justice Scalia’s questioning during the argument suggested a pro-defendant reading of the mandatory-minimum provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act, while Justice Breyer seemed to read the statute more broadly. Monday’s arguments are still in the news as well.  At ACSblog, Susan A. Bandes analyzes the issues at stake in Maryland v. Shatzer (08-680), arguing that it ...

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