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To self-execute or not self-execute, that is the question! Or is it?

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Bill of Rights (Image from the public domain.) Yesterday saw five of the most conservative of the Supreme Court justices refusing to require a state court system (in Texas) to let an International Court of Justice ruling cause Texas to deviate from its law that does not permit more than one state-level habeas corpus proceeding. Medellin v. Texas, __ U.S. _ (March 25, 2008). Justice Stevens concurred in the majority opinion, but found much to like, as well, in the dissent of Justice Breyer, who was joined by Justices Souter and Ginsburg.  Criminal defendant Medellin's habeas corpus action reviewed by the Supreme Court in Medellin was not a run of the mill habeas corpus action. Mr. Medellin is among the countless occupants of Texas's death row...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).