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Alito and Gorsuch call for court to reconsider confrontation clause precedent

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-4-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Alito and Gorsuch call for court to reconsider confrontation clause precedent" title="Alito and Gorsuch call for court to reconsider confrontation clause precedent" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-4-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-4-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-4-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />The Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause gives defendants in criminal cases the right to “be confronted with the witnesses against” them. The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to decide when a statement that is made out of court to an agency responsible for making bail...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/alito-and-gorsuch-call-for-court-to-reconsider-confrontation-clause-precedent/">Alito and Gorsuch call for court to reconsider confrontation clause precedent</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 4 min read
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Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/court-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district" title="Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/court-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/court-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/court-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/court-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisiana’s latest redistricting plan. The state and a group of Black voters ask the justices to reinstate a congressional map, enacted by the Louisiana legislature last...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/court-weighs-louisiana-redistricting-with-second-majority-black-district/">Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 9 min read
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The morning read for Monday, March 24

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Banner200115r-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The morning read for Monday, March 24" title="The morning read for Monday, March 24" style="float:right;" decoding="async" />The Supreme Court’s March session will begin this morning with oral arguments in voting rights case Louisiana v. Callais. The justices will then hear Riley v. Bondi, a dispute over the 30-day deadline to seek review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ruling denying withholding...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/the-morning-read-for-monday-march-24/">The morning read for Monday, March 24</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 1 min read
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