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Beginning in 2004, in Crawford v. Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court has written a series of very muscular decisions about the Confrontation Clause. Justice Scalia has been the leader of this trend.
In Crawford, the Court held that any testimonial statement from a witness who is unavailable to testify at trial can…
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the accused in criminal cases the right to confront witnesses against them. The U.S. Supreme Court has written a series of cases on this subject. Justice Antonin Scalia has been the leader of the strict confrontation clause jurisprudence that has evolved since. The most recent case, Bullcoming …
Michigan v. Bryant, 562 U.S. ___ (2011)
Oh-oh. A 6-2 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, and I agree with dissenting Justice Antonin Scalia (the content of what he says, but absolutely not his tone!). I agree with him most infrequently. And in this case, even Justice Clarence Thomas, who almost always agrees with…
