• the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Foucha v. Louisiana that a person found not guilty by reason of insanity cannot be committed to a mental institution if he has no mental illness?
• the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Jones v. United States that a person found not guilty by reason of insanity of a misdemeanor crime can still be committed indefinitely to a mental institution?
• before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Jackson v. Indiana, an incompetent criminal defendant could be involuntarily confined indefinitely (as if given a life sentence) without a trial or a conviction?
• according to the U.S. landmark court case Rennie v. Klein, an involuntarily committed mental patient has a constitutional right to refuse psychiatric medication?
• Jesse Bankston was fired as director of the Department of Hospitals for refusing to release the Louisiana Governor from involuntary commitment to a mental institution?
• Guy Talarico sponsored a bill that would require involuntary commitment for those with mental health issues if it is determined that it is likely that they will commit future crimes?

Facts on topics related to Involuntary commitment

Involuntary treatment

• although Louisiana per Perry v. Louisiana forbids the forced medication of a death row inmate to make him competent for execution, some states allow it?
• in Sell v. United States, the Supreme Court decided a dentist was unconstitutionally jailed for eight years without trial for refusing to be medicated with psychiatric drugs?
• in the landmark case Riggins v. Nevada, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a mentally ill person cannot be forced to take antipsychotic medication while on trial merely to maintain his competency during trial?

Mental disorder

• according to the U.S. landmark court case Rennie v. Klein, an involuntarily committed mental patient has a constitutional right to refuse psychiatric medication?
• the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a mental illness is a mitigating factor in death penalty cases, but the Supreme Court of California in one case ruled that mental illness is an aggravating factor?
• the psychiatric hospital of Denmark's Capital Region treats about 35,000 patients with mental disorders every year, which is about 40% of the nation's total?

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

• in his dissenting opinion in the case of Taylor v. Beckham, U.S. Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan wrote that the right to hold elected offices should be considered part of the definition of "liberty" and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?