Rejected Forensics Case Makes Strange High Court Bedfellows
Justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor teamed up for a dissent Monday after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal over forensic witnesses in criminal trials.
Early on in the 4-page opinion, Gorsuch quotes precedent to laud cross-examination as possibly “the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth.”
“The Constitution promises every person accused of a crime the right to confront his accusers,” Gorsuch wrote.
