Select one case you read this week and discuss in detail the following:

1) State the case and provide a summary

2) Explain why you agree or disagree with the ruling?

3) Have there been recent cases which have overturned the case you selected?

Your final submission should be no less than 350 words and you are required to support your position with at least one relevant court case.

Ex parte Hull, 312 U.S. 546 (1941) is a landmark case in which the Court stated "The state and its officers may not abridge or impair petitioner's rights to apply to a federal court for a writ of habeas corpus." This suit was brought to the Court due to a regulation that required prisoners to submit all legal documents to an institution office for review before it would be mailed to court in Michigan. An inmate, Hull, tried to send his writ to the Court without allowing the institution to review it first and it was not mailed due to ignoring this regulation. Even though the Court did not grant the writ, it did however strike down Michigan's regulation. It is important to note that the Constitution does not specify protection for prisoner's mail to courts as the Court defined with this decision.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/312/546/