High Court Rejects 2 Virginia White Nationalist Rally Cases

[C_Clayton_Jones]

I don't understand why this case was appealed then went to the Supreme Court.

In order to appeal a conviction, there must first be a conviction:

‘“Instead of being tried under a broad, vague and unconstitutional statute, Mr. Daley has chosen to plead guilty and appeal the constitutionality of the statute” to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said Daley’s attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender Lisa Lorish.’

White supremacists plead guilty in Charlottesville riot

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Two members of a white supremacist group pleaded guilty Friday to federal rioting charges in connection with a white nationalist rally in Virginia and political rallies in California.

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If the statute were to be found un-Constitutional, the conviction goes away, regardless how the men pleaded.

 

[Leviticus]

The Supremes didn't "reject" the cases. They said they wouldn't take them up. Maybe they are on vacation this summer.

In most cases refusing to take up a case is the same as rejecting it. The justices have access to all of the information on the case and all the evidence presented in The Reef ings before they make a decision to take a case or not. This means that the justices didn't see any evidence that these people were wrongly convicted and therefore refused to take up the case