Supreme Court's election-year term opens with insanity case
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Supreme Court began its election-year term Monday by wrestling over whether states must allow criminal defendants to plead insanity.The one minor surprise when the justices took the bench just after 10 o’clock was the absence of Justice Clarence Thomas. The 71-year-old Thomas was at home, likely with the flu, the court said.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in her customary seat to the left of Chief Justice John Roberts. The 86-year-old Ginsburg asked the […]
