Oh, do tell!
For myself, I know all of them, except all I can ever remember of Gideon v. Wainwright is protecting defendants’ rights.
Matt, do you have the legal citation for that so we can look it up? I’m intrigued–just what could one package of Japanese pessaries have done to bother the United States?
(And it must be said: “One Package of Japanese Pessaries” would make a great band name. :D)
Yes, they can.
In civil forfeiture cases, for example, the goverment proceeds against the property being forfeited. It’s a legal fiction, in a sense, because obviously the owner of the property will respond, but it’s not at all uncommon to see cases like “United States vs. One 2006 Sky-blue Toyota.”
They have a great little exhibit on Gideon v. Wainwright at the Supreme Court building, that includes his handwritten request for cert and a letter back that says he didn’t follow any of the rules and that they were assigning him a lawyer (Abe Fortas).
Wouldn’t it though? The answer to your question is, ‘Get imported’ – I guess that’s why they are specified as Japanese pessaries. Good ol’ Wiki comes through.
See, I figured a pessary was a fish.
I always want to suggest to people who rant and rave against “activist” judges that we’ve had them ever since John Marshall said “We’ll, I’m the Chief Justice and I think the SCOTUS gets to decide what the Constitution means.” It is hardly a new phenomenon, but to hear Scalia, et al judicial review was something cut from whole cloth within the past 50 years or so.
How come? what did you find out that changed your opinion? just curious.
Ah, thanks. Interesting case–never thought it would be about that! The Wiki link included the legal citation too, so I just may look at the original decision too. Again, thanks!
Or my personal favorite, 2174 Obscene Devices v. State of Texas, 33 S.W.3d 904 (Tex.App.–Houston [14th Dist.] 2000, no pet.)