In March 2008, the Supreme Court decided Snyder v. Louisiana, the latest in the line of progeny of Batson v. Kentucky. This Note demonstrates that Snyder is part of a historical pattern of Supreme Court decisions concerning the use of peremptory challenges in which the Court has moved away from permitting the unfettered use of the peremptory challenge in favor of stronger Equal Protection considerations. Snyder alters the requirements for trial judges in deciding Batson challenges by requiring them to provide some explanation of their reasons for accepting a prosecutor\u27s justification of a peremptory challenge. Snyder is the latest step in the historical pattern of trying to create a more enforceable standard to prevent racial discrimina...
The Supreme Court\u27s adoption in Batson v. Kentucky of Title VII\u27s three-step, burden-shifting ...
In Batson v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court held that a prosecutor may not peremptorily challenge a jur...
Historically, peremptory challenges were thought necessary to ensure fair and impartial juries, but ...
In March 2008, the Supreme Court decided Snyder v. Louisiana, the latest in the line of progeny of B...
John P. Bringewatt\u27s recent note makes several important observations about the Supreme Court\u27...
It cannot be denied that our jury selection process has lent itself to invidious racial discriminati...
Peremptory challenges have a long history, dating back to 1305 in England. In Swain v. Alabama, Just...
This is the published version.The United States Supreme Court has rendered numerous decisions in its...
The Supreme Court\u27s decision in Batson v. Kentucky, and the extension of Batson to parties other ...
The Supreme Court\u27s decision in Batson v. Kentucky, and the extension of Batson to parties other ...
The twenty-fifth anniversary of Batson v. Kentucky provides an important moment to reflect on Batson...
Lawyers use peremptory challenges to create partial juries. United States Supreme Court precedent ha...
This Note argues that under Batson, J.E.B., the First Amendment, and the Equal Protection Clause, r...
In Batson v. Kentucky, the United States Supreme Court overruled that portion of Swain v. Alabama, w...
Some one hundred and six years before the United States Supreme Court\u27s 1986 decision in Batson v...
The Supreme Court\u27s adoption in Batson v. Kentucky of Title VII\u27s three-step, burden-shifting ...
In Batson v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court held that a prosecutor may not peremptorily challenge a jur...
Historically, peremptory challenges were thought necessary to ensure fair and impartial juries, but ...
In March 2008, the Supreme Court decided Snyder v. Louisiana, the latest in the line of progeny of B...
John P. Bringewatt\u27s recent note makes several important observations about the Supreme Court\u27...
It cannot be denied that our jury selection process has lent itself to invidious racial discriminati...
Peremptory challenges have a long history, dating back to 1305 in England. In Swain v. Alabama, Just...
This is the published version.The United States Supreme Court has rendered numerous decisions in its...
The Supreme Court\u27s decision in Batson v. Kentucky, and the extension of Batson to parties other ...
The Supreme Court\u27s decision in Batson v. Kentucky, and the extension of Batson to parties other ...
The twenty-fifth anniversary of Batson v. Kentucky provides an important moment to reflect on Batson...
Lawyers use peremptory challenges to create partial juries. United States Supreme Court precedent ha...
This Note argues that under Batson, J.E.B., the First Amendment, and the Equal Protection Clause, r...
In Batson v. Kentucky, the United States Supreme Court overruled that portion of Swain v. Alabama, w...
Some one hundred and six years before the United States Supreme Court\u27s 1986 decision in Batson v...
The Supreme Court\u27s adoption in Batson v. Kentucky of Title VII\u27s three-step, burden-shifting ...
In Batson v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court held that a prosecutor may not peremptorily challenge a jur...
Historically, peremptory challenges were thought necessary to ensure fair and impartial juries, but ...