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...Alain L. Sanders
...third of those sentenced to death row in the state in the past 23 years had their sentences reversed later. "This is a ringing indictment of the Supreme Court's inability to properly interpret and oversee the Constitution's protection against cruel and unusual punishment," says TIME legal writer Alain Sanders. "While conservatives and liberals agree that those guilty of crimes need to be punished, the courts must hold to a higher scrutiny punishments that are irreversible, such as death...
...Alain L. Sanders
...they would be in gender- or race-discrimination cases. Now the Court says there are no federal protections against states' gender biases, either. "This is directly in line with the legacy of the Rehnquist Court, which is a return to an emphasis on states' rights," says TIME legal correspondent Alain Sanders. "The problem with that is when balancing the rights of citizens against the rights of states, this court tends to minimize the rights of citizens and maximize the rights of states." One legal point some say the Court erred on is its emphasis of the 11th Amendment over...
...protesters' First Amendment rights. The constitutionality of buffer zones, which serve as barriers between clinic patients and possibly intimidating protesters, remains a point of heated contention between abortion-rights activists and antiabortion forces. "This is one of the major practical issues in the abortion debate," says TIME legal reporter Alain Sanders. "There is a constitutional right to abortion and a constitutional right to voice an opinion about abortion. The key is finding a balance...