Deputy Chief of the Wall Street Journal’s law bureau.
Deputy Chief of the Wall Street Journal’s law bureau.
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Ashby Jones
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FROM Ashby Jones
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Is California’s Death Penalty Unconstitutional? Last July a California judge ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in the case of Ernest D Jones. The reasoning behind the judge’s ruling? It’s taking California too long to kill inmates on Death Row. So long that the sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. The last execution in California was carried out nine years ago and there are 746 people on death row. Today, a federal appeals court panel in Pasadena considered the lower court’s decision on Ernest Dwayne Jones. Could we see the end of the death penalty in California?
To the Point
Supreme Court Rules to Uphold Gun Rights in Cities and States On the last day of its current term, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment's right "to keep and bear arms" extends not just to federal jurisdictions, but to all states and municipalities. Ashby Jones is lead writer on the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog .
Which Way, L.A.?
Should We Make a Federal Case Out of Proposition 8? Two lawyers from opposite ends of the political spectrum joined forces today to file suit against Governor Schwarzenegger and other California officials. They claim that Proposition 8 , upheld yesterday by the State Supreme Court, violates both the Due Process Clause and the 14th Amendment of the federal constitution. Ashby Jones writes the Law Blog for the Wall Street Journal.
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To the Point
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
To the Point
What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
To the Point
Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.