On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss Supreme Court decisions. The court has struck down a New York law that limits the right to carry concealed handguns. The court has effectively rendered gun restrictions presumptively unconstitutional. This is a revolution in 2nd Amendment law, according to Slate reporter Mark Joseph Stern.
The court also ruled that suspects cannot sue for a violation of their civil rights when police fail to provide them with Miranda warnings. Justice Kagan, dissenting, says the majority's diminishment of Miranda will ensure that people who are "wrongly convicted and spend years in prison" will have no remedy for "all the harm" they suffered.
On Tuesday, the court ruled that taxpayer money can now be used to pay for religious education, further weakening the separation of church and state. The National Education Association says the radical ruling further erodes public education.
The high court also issued decisions affecting health insurance payments, disability payments for veterans, and people in prison challenging convictions and sentences in federal court.
Guests:
Mary Kusler, senior director of the National Education Association's Center for Advocacy and Political Action
Hassan Kanu, reporter for Reuters, covering race, justice and equality under the law
Resources:
The Guardian: Supreme court expands Americans’ right to carry concealed weapon in major win for gun lobby
CNN: Supreme Court limits ability to enforce Miranda rights
Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court rejects its own precedent in death row decision
Vox: The Supreme Court tears a new hole in the wall separating church and state
Slate: The Supreme Court Just Forced Maine to Fund Religious Education. It Won’t Stop There.
Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court insulates federal agents from accountability
Slate: The “Newly Constituted Court” Keeps Obliterating Civil Rights, Sotomayor Warns
Stanford Law Blog: Stanford Law Experts on the Supreme Court’s Medicaid Decision and What it Means for the Future of Personal Injury Litigation
