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Federalism, Harm, And The Politics Of Leal V. Texas, Richard Broughton
Federalism, Harm, And The Politics Of Leal V. Texas, Richard Broughton
Richard Broughton
Humberto Leal Garcia, a Mexican national who had lived in the United States since the age of two, was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas for brutally raping and killing sixteen-year-old Adria Sauceda in 1994. In 2011, he asked the United States Supreme Court to stay his execution because Texas officials had not given him access to the Mexican Consulate, in violation of an international treaty. His case ignited a brief but powerful storm of controversy that went beyond his legal claims and ventured into the arena of politics, placing even some conservative instincts about constitutional politics at odds …
Congressional Inquiry And The Federal Criminal Law, Richard Broughton
Congressional Inquiry And The Federal Criminal Law, Richard Broughton
Richard Broughton
Federal criminal law has become so far-reaching that scholars and commentators on both the political left and political right have joined forces to demand serious reforms related to defining, prosecuting, and punishing federal crimes. This Article makes the case for greater attention to, and use of, congressional inquiry powers – investigation and oversight – to constrain the massive federal criminal law regime. This Article first identifies, through existing law and scholarship, some of the problems of the federal regime, including over-federalization, anemic limits on prosecutorial power, and the ordinary politics that contribute to these problems. Using the 2009 and 2010 …