Tag: Supreme Court Clinic: Cases and Projects

Questions Presented: Whether the filing of a motion to reopen removal proceedings automatically tolls the period within which an alien must depart the United States under an order granting voluntary departure.  And, whether an alien who has been granted voluntary departure and has filed a timely motion to reopen should be permitted to withdraw the […]

Questions Presented: (1) Is a sentence of 30 years without possibility of parole constitutionally disproportionate as applied to a 12-year-old child?  (2) Are the mitigating qualities of youth relevant to whether a 12-year-old’s non-capital sentence is constitutionally disproportionate?  (3) Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit the imposition of a sentence of 30 years without possibility of […]