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John Jay, our first chief justice, called them “one of the best institutions that ever was devised for bringing offenders to justice without endangering the peace and security of the innocent.” 0.950

👤 John Jay 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Historical

Simplified: John Jay called grand juries one of best institutions for bringing offenders to justice without endangering peace and security of innocent

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7 months ago
Federal grand juries in Virginia twice decided not to indict Letitia James, the New York attorney general, after a judge dismissed an initial case against her. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Politics , Legal

Simplified: Federal grand juries in Virginia twice decided not to indict Letitia James

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7 months ago
At the federal level and in many states, we need procedural reform to limit hearsay testimony so grand jurors hear from actual witnesses. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Regulation

Simplified: Procedural reform needs to limit hearsay testimony so grand jurors hear from actual witnesses at the federal level and in many states

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7 months ago
Federal grand jurors are showing that they will use their power wisely. 0.850

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: Federal grand jurors are showing they will use their power wisely

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7 months ago
Grand juries screen cases, but do not determine guilt or innocence. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: Grand juries screen cases but do not determine guilt or innocence

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7 months ago
In Chicago, grand jurors have declined to indict in several felony cases stemming from a similar operation; prosecutors seemed to get the message and dismissed additional cases. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: In Chicago grand jurors declined to indict in several felony cases stemming from similar operation

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7 months ago
Colonial grand juries often refused to enforce British revenue and sedition laws, including the infamous Stamp Act. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Historical

Simplified: Colonial grand juries often refused to enforce British revenue and sedition laws including Stamp Act

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7 months ago
In Washington, a grand jury refused to return a felony indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer during a crackdown ordered by President Trump. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Politics , Legal

Simplified: In Washington grand jury refused to return felony indictment against man who threw sandwich at officer during crackdown ordered by President Trump

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7 months ago
These reforms wouldn’t hamper legitimate prosecutions. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Regulation

Simplified: These reforms would not hamper legitimate prosecutions

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7 months ago
We should embrace this trend and give them the procedural protections they need to serve as true checks on government power. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: Embrace this trend and give them the procedural protections they need to serve as true checks on government power

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7 months ago
Grand juries are exercising their power to reject criminal charges in high-profile cases. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: Grand juries are exercising power to reject criminal charges in high-profile cases

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7 months ago
See Alicia Bannon & Michael Milov-Cordoba, Brennan Ctr. for Just., Supreme Court Term Limits 1–4 (2023). 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Article 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: Alicia Bannon & Michael Milov-Cordoba wrote Supreme Court Term Limits 1–4 in 2023

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7 months ago
See id. (discussing Epps & Sitaraman, How to Save the Supreme Court, supra note 1, at 193–200). 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Article 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: Epps & Sitaraman wrote How to Save the Supreme Court at 193–200

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7 months ago
See Molly Ball & Tessa Berenson, Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Fight Exposes Major Problems with the Nation’s Most Powerful Court, TIME (Sept. 27, 2018, 6:13 AM), https://time.com/5407920/supreme-cou... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Article 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: Molly Ball & Tessa Berenson wrote Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Fight Exposes Major Problems with the Nation’s Most Powerful Court in TIME September...

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See Neal Devins & Lawrence Baum, Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court, 2016 Sup. Ct. Rev. 301, 301, 309, 317–21 (2017). 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Article 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: Neal Devins & Lawrence Baum wrote Split Definitive How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court in 2016 Sup Ct Rev 301 301 30...

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7 months ago
See Robin Bradley Kar & Jason Mazzone, Essay, The Garland Affair: What History and the Constitution Really Say About President Obama’s Powers to Appoint a Replacement for Justice Scalia, 91 N.Y.U. L.... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Article 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: Robin Bradley Kar & Jason Mazzone wrote The Garland Affair What History and the Constitution Really Say About President Obama’s Powers to Appoint a Re...

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7 months ago
See Doerfler & Moyn, supra note 1, at 1724 (discussing Theodore Voorhees, It’s Time for Merit Selection of Supreme Court Justices, 61 ABA J. 705 (1975)). 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Article 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: Doerfler & Moyn discussed Theodore Voorhees It’s Time for Merit Selection of Supreme Court Justices in 61 ABA J 705 in 1975

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7 months ago
See Rebecca R. Ruiz et al., A Conservative Agenda Unleashed on the Federal Courts, N.Y. Times (Mar. 16, 2020), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/us/trump-appeals-court-judges.html [https://perma.cc/8... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Article 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: Rebecca R Ruiz et al wrote A Conservative Agenda Unleashed on the Federal Courts in N Y Times March 16 2020

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7 months ago
See U.S. Const. art. III, § 1. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Document 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: U S Const art III § 1

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7 months ago
See Keith E. Whittington, Partisanship, Norms, and Federal Judicial Appointments, 16 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 521, 524–33 (2018); cf. Emma Green, How the Federalist Society Won, New Yorker (July 24, 202... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Legal Article 🏷️ Legal , Law

Simplified: Keith E Whittington wrote Partisanship Norms and Federal Judicial Appointments in 16 Geo J L & Pub Pol’y 521 524–33 in 2018 Emma Green wrote How the F...

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