Death Watch: Fifth Circuit Spanks CCA, Prosecutors

Appeals court reverses death penalty

"...A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit concluded that the conviction and death sentence handed..."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fifth Circuit Approves Mandatory Ultrasound

It's just informed consent, they say

"...ruled that portions of the law violated the First Amendment – compelling doctors to deliver (and patients to endure)..."

Jan. 11, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fifth Circuit Blocks WHP Ruling in Favor of Planned Parenthood

Single judge agrees to late-night stay

"...plan to block its healthcare clinics' participation violates First Amendment free speech and free association protections as well as..."

May 1, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

FIfth Circuit Lifts Stay, Planned Parenthood Remains in WHP...For Now

Three-judge panel reverses stay

"...clinics are arguing that Texas is violating their First Amendment right of free speech and association and their Fourteenth..."

May 4, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

5th Circuit v. Fourth Amendment

The federal appeals court gives law enforcement broad leeway for searches

"...so-called protective sweeps can be compatible with the Fourth Amendment – if they intended to protect an officer during..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Nov. 3 Bond & Constitutional Amendment Election, Early Voting Locations

"...Twin Oaks Library, 1800 S. Fifth, 2-7pm Tuesday, Oct. 27..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 3

The Fifth Amendment no longer exists as a functioning law of the land

"...On to the Fifth Amendment: "No person shall be held to answer for..."

May 17, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Courts Overturn Three Capital Murder Cases

One defendant acquitted, two sent back for possible retrials

"...In that case, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit concluded that the conviction and death sentence handed..."

Feb. 28, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Fifth and Sixth Amendments violated, Scott's lawyers say

"...the other's trial – that would have violated their Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights. In the end, District Judge..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Common Law

LCRA wants to build a high-voltage power line on my property

"...The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution creates the government's eminent-domain..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Eminent Domain – Can the Government Condemn My Property?

"...The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution creates the government's eminent-domain..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Column by Luke Ellis

Take That!: Supremes Allow Takings for Development

Effect on notable local cases still uncertain

"...private interests. At issue are the parameters of the Fifth Amendment's "Takings Clause," which states that private property cannot..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Federal judge Sam Sparks rules in favor of Lacresha Murray lawsuit against Travis Co. DA's office.

"...investigators in 1996 may have conspired to violate Murray's Fifth Amendment rights to allow the case to go to..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Survivors Hit Back at City, County in Court

Plaintiffs hit back at motions to dismiss in sexual assault class-action suit

"...filing argues, is a violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, which protect against unreasonable search and seizure and..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Will Supremes' Ruling Scuttle Yogurt-Shop Cases?

The high court's unanimous Sixth Amendment ruling gives hope to attorneys for Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott

"...Court issued a unanimous ruling that reaffirmed defendants' Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses – which could throw both..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

Dictates

"...Walker's case is murky. The Fifth Amendment provides for exceptions to usual procedure "for a..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Yogurt Shop Reversal

The CCA overturns Springsteen murder conviction

"...into evidence at Springsteen's 2001 trial violated the Sixth Amendment's confrontation clause – a violation serious enough that it..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Scott Appeals Conviction in Yogurt Shop Case

A recent Supreme Court decision may undercut both verdicts

"...the 3rd Court that the decision violated Scott's Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him – a..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...police oversight. Jackie Goodman herself first proposed a charter amendment for an independent Police Monitor last year. Then she..."

March 22, 2002 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council prepares to decide which charter amendments go before the voters.

"...we're just as sick of writing about proposed charter amendments as you are sick of reading about them, and..."

March 15, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Yogurt Shop Case Cross-Examined

Appeals court decision may undermine yogurt shop prosecutions.

"...The defense argued that the ruling violated Mendez's Sixth Amendment right to cross-examine witnesses against him. The appeals court..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

More on Gary Bradley's bankruptcy trial

"...trial of Gary Bradley, the notary public took the Fifth Amendment...."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 5

Our Bill of Rights guarantees are breaking down in state justice systems across the country

"...shunting aside international law, United States laws, the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual treatment," the Sixth Amendment's..."

July 12, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

On September 28, key rights guaranteed by our Constitution, plus the central tenet of the Magna Carta, were nullified by an act of Congress – specifically, the Military Commissions Act of 2006

"...The Fourth Amendment guarantees a "speedy and public trial." But a commission..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Freedom Under Attack

"...less freedom! This is much more than a Second Amendment issue, although this basic human right must be protected..."

July 19, 2018 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines

"...dead again? On Tuesday night, the Senate adopted an amendment by Sen. Ken Armbrister, D-Victoria, that would grant the..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

T.A.B., Mussolini: Earle Can't Tell the Difference

The DA lays into the Texas Association of Business as he tries to keep his criminal campaign finance probe alive.

"...my clients' good name and to protect the First Amendment rights of all Texans," he said...."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Death Watch: A Reprieve From Death Row

Clinton Young's death sentence overturned over legal misconduct

"...year after Nodolf's discovery became public, and invoked his Fifth Amendment right to avoid testifying at a subsequent hearing...."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Federal Judge Dismisses Local Sexual Assault Survivors’ Lawsuit

Yeakel cites progress by Lege in rejecting claims against APD, D.A.

"...dismissal hinges on the D.A.’s prosecutorial immunity and 11th Amendment immunity, noting that “contrary to Plaintiffs' contentions, prosecutorial immunity,..."

Feb. 11, 2020 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: The Machinery of Death

Supreme Court quibbles about drugs and avoids the larger ethical issue

"...is in fact mentioned in the Constitution (in the Fifth Amendment requirement of due process)...."

July 10, 2015 News Column by Michael King

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