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Constitutional Law-Right To Bail, Robert L. Sandblom S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution provides that "Excessive bail shall not be required . . . ." This clause, as with all of the Bill of Rights, serves as a limitation on the federal government. From a very early date this provision has likewise established a boundary on the discretion of the federal courts in their exercise of criminal jurisdiction. Although this Eighth Amendment provision is a protection against federal encroachment, it does not limit the powers of states, arguments of individual Justices to the contrary notwithstanding.

In the recent Supreme Court decision of Stack v. Boyle, this …

Constitutional Law-Fifth Amendment Due Process-Vague And Indefinite Statute-Right To Trial On Question Of Illegal Presence In United States, Marcus A. Rowden S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant, an alien, against whom an order of deportation had been entered in 1930 by reason of his advocacy of the overthrow of the government by force and violence, was indicted for violation of section 20(c) of the Immigration Act of 1917 as amended, which made it a felony for an alien against whom such an order is outstanding to "willfully fail or refuse to make timely application in good faith for travel or other documents necessary to his departure." The lower court dismissed the indictment on the ground that the statute in question was unconstitutionally vague and indefinite for …