TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 7, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court has several blockbuster cases in its new term—on gay and transgender rights, federal immigration enforcement, gun regulation and abortion. But before it gets to those, the court will take up two criminal law cases raising significant questions, even though only a handful of states are affected by each, the ABA Journal reports. Oral arguments started today in a case weighing whether states can abolish the insanity defense. The other case will consider whether the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires unanimous jury verdicts and whether that requirement is applicable to the states.