Supreme Court must rein in DC Court of Appeals

Supreme Court must rein in DC Court of Appeals

To paraphrase the Bard, something is rotten in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court is starting to notice. Since 2018, the D.C. Court of Appeals has issued controversial criminal-law decisions that have narrowed police authority, strained Fourth Amendment doctrine, and drawn criticism from judges within its own ranks. Although the Supreme Court rarely reviews cases from that court, recent interventions by the high cou…