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December 23, 2016
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|“California Senate President KEVIN DE LÉON (D) on Dec. 7 unveiled a bill in the state legislature that, if passed, would further remove state and local governments from the business of immigration enforcement. For decades, conservatives have championed states’ rights. The principles they have created mean that states and cities can decline to participate in TRUMP’S deportation plan, no matter how much his plan’s success may depend on their cooperation.” That’s Erwin Chemerinsky, Annie Lai and Seth Davis arguing in The Washington Post that Donald Trump cannot force “sanctuary cities” to enforce his deportation plans.
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|Thursday, the Florida supreme court cleared the way for death row inmates in the state to receive new sentencing hearings, while denying such relief in older cases. Death row inmates could see resentencing hearings if their cases were not finalized by 2002, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling making a precursor to its Florida decision. The state supreme court’s decision follows from a SCOTUS decision in January striking down the state’s death sentencing scheme as unconstitutional.
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|In The Washington Post, Stephanie Merry notes three movies this year took on Virginia’s troubled racial history, starting with “Loving” — the film depicting the romance between Mildred and Richard Loving which ultimately became the subject of a Supreme Court case. Merry writes, “These dramas capture the conflicted nature of the commonwealth — the way progress and resistance are in constant battle, with some citizens rejecting the status quo just as forcefully as others cling to it.”
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|SCOTUSDaily wishes you and your family a happy holiday season and a happy new year! We will return with more headlines and stories on the Supreme Court in 2017. Until then, be well!