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coercive plea bargaining
Coverage of coercive plea bargaining in the Nexus archive.
- Gorsuch's recent opinions stress need to preserve civil liberties
The Supreme Court ruled that appeal waivers in plea bargains are unenforceable if they cause a miscarriage of justice and determined that geofence warrants analyzing cellphone location data qualify as a Fourth Amendment 'search'. Justice Neil Gorsuch agreed with both outcomes but emphasized broader concerns about coercive plea bargaining and problematic Fourth Amendment precedents.