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Potential annotations, mostly from Pro Publica reporting on Supreme Court errors (https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-errors-are-not-hard-to-find)
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Case title CL opinion ID Source name Source URL Concern Type Concern Detail Quotation Notes
NASA v. Nelson 182990 ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-errors-are-not-hard-to-find Factual error Relies on false fact from amicus brief (“[M]ore than 88% of U. S. companies . . . perform background checks on their em ployees”)
Arizona v. U.S. 803270 ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-errors-are-not-hard-to-find Factual error Relies on unsupported statistic in report by Center for Immigration Studies in the State’s most populous county, these aliens are reported to be responsible for a disproportionate share of serious crime
U.S. v. Windsor 945737 ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-errors-are-not-hard-to-find Factual error Understates number of states that prohibit marriages between first cousins Likewise the permissible degree of consanguinity can vary (most States permit first cousins to marry, but a handful—such as Iowa and Washington, see Iowa Code §595.19 (2009); Wash. Rev. Code §26.04.020 (2012)—prohibit the practice).
Florida v. Harris 820744 ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-errors-are-not-hard-to-find Factual error Cited guidelines are of poor quality a dog’s reliability should be assessed based on "the results of certification and proficiency assessments."
Maryland v. King 873669 ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-errors-are-not-hard-to-find Factual error Overstated reliability of DNA analysis Future refinements may improve present technology, but even now STR analysis makes it “possible to determine whether a biological tissue matches a suspect with near certainty.” Osborne, supra, at 62.
Shelby County v. Holder 931614 ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-errors-are-not-hard-to-find Factual error Inaccurate figures in voter registration rate chart
Korematsu v. United States 104040 Later case https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2270281/korematsu-v-united-states/ Misconduct Conviction overturned for government misconduct http://www.korematsuinstitute.org/fred-t-korematsu-lifetime/
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