U.S. Supreme Court
Oct. 22, 2014
High court shirking responsibility in denying certiorari in Sixth Amendment case
Last week's denial of review in a key sentencing case is just the most recent example of the court side-stepping its responsibility to grapple with issues that demand its attention. By Ilya Shapiro
While conventional wisdom among U.S. Supreme Court watchers is that the narrowness of many of the justices' recent decisions has created a "faux-nanimity," the court's docket control - its ability to pick and choose which cases to hear - goes even further in explaining why the justices are agreeing at record rates. Last week's denial of review in a key sentencing case - Jones v. United States, on which more anon - is j...
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