The Merrick Garland Project Blog

Five days before Rafael Mejia and Homes Rios’s drug trial was to begin, the Justice Department, pursuant to the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), filed an ex parte, in camera motion with the trial court seeking to prevent disclosure of certain classified information during discovery. The trial court granted the motion, determining that the information…

Origins The common-law system originated from England in the Middle Ages. From the 17th century relations between the courts and the executive developed to a constitutional struggle between the Stuart kings and the judges over the judges’ right to decide questions affecting the royal power and even to announce an independent judgment in situations where…

By John Grisham’s best-selling books and Law and Order on TV, to the latest fad of true crime shows and podcasts, there’s a fascination of how the media portrays the American legal system. Audiences are drawn to the drama, suspense and justice of the court. We love to watch and listen as lawyers do what…

At Talib Watson’s drug trial, prosecutors sought to connect Watson to a car containing crack cocaine and heroin by establishing that the owner of the car, Tyra Jackson, was Watson’s girlfriend. Unfortunately for the prosecutor, the witness testimony was ambiguous: Prosecutor: “Mr. Thomas, you believe that you know Watson’s girlfriend, Tyra Jackson, right?” Thomas: “I…

In gender discrimination, social class plays a big role. There is an important observation that gender discrimination against women is higher for those with less income and less education. We’ll be looking at how women’s experiences at work and at home are shaped by social class. For example, in the case of underprivileged women, there…

Discrimination against a particular group of people is morally unacceptable. However, it continues to happen across the country. To uphold the progressive principles of our society, its necessary to have philosophical, political, and legal discussions of transgender discrimination in the workplace.  Fortunately, there are improvements in this area. In this article, we’ll go over: Statistics…

Five days before Rafael Mejia and Homes Rios’s drug trial was to begin, the Justice Department, pursuant to the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), filed an ex parte, in camera motion with the trial court seeking to prevent disclosure of certain classified information during discovery. The trial court granted the motion, determining that the information…

New England’s electricity market is structured as a “forward capacity market,” administered by ISO New England, Inc. and overseen by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). This means that rather than engaging in a traditional cost-based regulatory approach, New England sets utility rates by auction, in which electricity providers “purchase from generators options to buy…

In Saleh, Garland was the sole vote in favor of allowing lawsuits to proceed against military contractors for their abuse of detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Plaintiffs, Iraqi nationals who were imprisoned at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War, brought tort claims against two contractors they claimed abused them during their time in custody….