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SCOTUS got one right, overturning the "10 of 12 required for conviction" jury laws in Oregon and Louisiana. The dissent is very interesting as it directly states that those laws should not be overturned because of the inconvenience to the states caused by invalidating existing convictions. WTF? The ranks up there with the MA decision regarding traffic court - "a fee of $75 to confront your accuser, even if found not responsible for the violation, is reasonable since the state needs the money" (words to that effect). "States needs" seems to rank up there with "cuz guns".