State court immunity from federal direction ruling [Texas CCA] News
State court immunity from federal direction ruling [Texas CCA]

Ex parte Jose Ernesto Medellin, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, November 17, 2006 [ruling that US President Bush "exceeded his constitutional authority by intruding into the independent powers of the judiciary" with an "unprecedented" directive ordering state court rehearings for 51 Mexican nationals convicted in US courts]. Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.