Supreme Court of the United States
Ramos v. Louisiana
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- Type
- Lead opinion
- Filed
- April 20, 2020
- Case
- Ramos v. Louisiana
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice SOTOMAYOR, concurring as to all but Part IV-A. I agree with most of the Court's rationale, and so I join all but Part IV-A of its opinion. I write separately, however, to underscore three points. First, overruling precedent here is not only warranted, but compelled. Second, the interests at stake point far more clearly to that outcome than those in other recent cases. And finally, the racially biased origins of the Louisia…
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