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Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930 (2007), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, ruling that criminal defendants sentenced to death may not be executed if they do not understand the reason for their imminent execution, and that once the state has set an execution date death-row inmates may litigate their competency to be executed in habeas corpus proceedings. [1]
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
The associate justices were the judges of the eight district courts of Texas. The district judges, whose first session was January 13, 1840, served with the chief justice as associate justices from January 13, 1840 to December 29, 1845, when Texas was admitted into the United States:
New York law allowing an unwed mother, but not an unwed father, a veto over adoption of their child violates the Equal Protection Clause: Addington v. Texas: 441 U.S. 418 (1979) Involuntarily committing a person to a mental hospital requires a clear and convincing standard of proof United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land: 441 U.S. 506 (1979)
The skepticism is important because part of the legal calculation the court may need to address is whether the Texas law was an appropriate response to the state’s interest in protecting minors ...
The Supreme Court revived a civil rights claim brought by a Texas woman who served on a small-town council and was arrested following her criticisms of a senior official.
Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws criminalizing sodomy between consenting adults are unconstitutional. [ a ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Court reaffirmed the concept of a " right to privacy " that earlier cases had found the U.S. Constitution provides, even though it ...
Texas lawmakers are interested in Roberson's case not just because of his innocence claims, but because they passed a law in 2013 that was supposed to give defendants who were convicted based on ...