legislative-inaction
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-8011 | James Anderson Dellinger v. Tennessee | Tennessee | 2020-03-16 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | atkins-v-virginia constitutional-mandate death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability judicial-abdication legislative-inaction procedural-vehicle | May Tennessee evade the constitutional mandate of Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002) via legislative inaction and judicial abdication? |
| 19-7369 | David Keen v. Tennessee | Tennessee | 2020-01-22 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | atkins-ruling atkins-v-virginia constitutional-mandate cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability judicial-abdication legislative-inaction standing | Does the Constitution permit Tennessee to evade the mandate of Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002) by legislative inaction and judicial abdication… |