U.S. Supreme Court
Aug. 31, 2016
Policing the separation of powers
As welcome as any robust effort by the high court to limit what seems to be the executive branch's ever-expanding power is, the court should nevertheless reject certiorari in an upcoming case. By David A. DeGroot
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David A. DeGroot is an attorney in San Francisco
A recent petition for certiorari gives the U.S. Supreme Court an opportunity to address whether the president has the authority to issue sentencing factors in death penalty cases in military courts. The case has been billed as implicating the separation of powers. As welcome as any robust effort by the court to limit what seems to be the ever-expanding power of the executive, the court should pass on this particular opportunity...
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