The most conservative Supreme Court in decades (ever?) affirmed the most conservative appellate court (the 11th) in two criminal cases yesterday. SCOTUSblog covers them:
Justices reject sentencing reductions for some crack-cocaine offenders ("The court in Terry v. United States ruled 9-0 that, based on the text, a Trump-era law making retroactive Obama-era sentencing reductions does not apply to low-level offenders.")
Court limits new trials for people with felon-in-possession convictions ("In Greer v. United States, the court unanimously curtailed the retroactive application of its 2019 ruling in Rehaif v. United States regarding felons in possession of a firearm.")
3 comments:
" Most conservative Supreme Court in decades (ever?)..."
The first decision was 9-0 the other was 7-2 with Alito and Thomas dissenting.
Come on!
Apologies they were both unanimous
Boom.
Terry: the lowest level drug offenders don't get relief from racist 100-1 ratio.
Greer: prosecutors don't have to prove essential element of the offense.
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