Abbreviated pundit round-up: Calif. justice delayed; Republicans were warned; ignore the bankers
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The Abbreviated Pundit Round-up is a regular feature of Daily Kos. Noah Feldman at Bloomberg writes—Coronavirus Shouldn't Delay Justice in California: In a little-noticed move over the weekend, California’s judicial council unanimously took some wAbbreviated pundit round-up: Calif. justice delayed; Republicans were warned; ignore the bankers
The Abbreviated Pundit Round-up is a regular feature of Daily Kos. Noah Feldman at Bloomberg writes—Coronavirus Shouldn't Delay Justice in California: In a little-noticed move over the weekend, California’s judicial council unanimously took some worrisome steps away from constitutional principles. Drawing on emergency powers conferred by state law and an executive order by the California governor, the council changed the deadline of 48 hours for arraigning arrestees to as much as a week. It also extended the date for a mandatory preliminary hearing in criminal cases from 10 days to 30 days; and it added an extra 30 days to the “speedy trial” deadlines for both misdemeanors and felonies. Read more