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Today in Supreme Court History: June 18, 1787
6/18/1787: Alexander Hamilton introduces his plan to the Constitutional Convention. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 18, 1787 appeared first on Reason.com.…
Inside LA’s plot to thwart Supreme Court redistricting surge that’s closing in on Democrats
LA City Hall bosses are scrambling to figure out the fallout from a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could change how political boundaries are drawn in the city.…
Why the Supreme Court is fighting over deadly gas and firing squads
Last week, the Supreme Court handed an unusual — if temporary — victory to an Alabama man on death row. As Steve Vladeck, a Georgetown law professor, writes, this is the first time…
Supreme Court declines to hear Carter Page case against FBI officials
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Carter Page's case against former FBI officials who oversaw what the government now concedes was an ill-advised attempt to surveil h…
Supreme Court declines to hear 98-year-old judge’s fight against suspension
The Supreme Court declined to hear a 98-year-old federal judge’s challenge of her suspension by her peers on the federal appeals court she serves on, leaving the oldest active fede…
Supreme Court declines to hear gunmakers’ challenge to New York firearms liability law
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear gunmakers’ challenge to New York’s law allowing civil lawsuits against gun manufacturers, wholesalers, and dealers, leaving in place a low…
Supreme Court to hear challenge to indefinite detention of criminal immigrants
The Supreme Court announced it would take up a case deciding whether the federal government can hold criminal immigrants in detention indefinitely pending removal, adding to the im…
Today in Supreme Court History: June 14, 1810
6/14/1810: Justice Ward Hunt's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 14, 1810 appeared first on Reason.com.…
Today in Supreme Court History: June 13, 1977
6/13/1977: Justice Tom C. Clark dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 13, 1977 appeared first on Reason.com.…
Supreme Court blocks Alabama from executing inmate with nitrogen gas
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to overrule a federal judge’s order that blocked Alabama from executing an inmate accused of murder with nitrogen gas. Jeffery Lee was set to…
Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Inmate Using Nitrogen Gas
The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, and could lead to a broader fight over the relatively new execution method.…
Supreme Court prohibits Alabama from using nitrogen gas for execution
Because of the ruling, Jeffrey Lee's execution will be delayed. He still faces the death penalty.…
Clarence Thomas urges Supreme Court to revisit ‘questionable’ legal doctrine
Justice Clarence Thomas urged his colleagues on the Supreme Court to “reexamine” a legal doctrine that prevents someone from taking a contrary position in a lawsuit from one they t…
Supreme Court rejects Alabama request for nitrogen gas execution
The U.S. Supreme Court says Alabama cannot proceed with a nitrogen gas execution after a lower court ruled that the method is unconstitutional.…
Great Americans: The Wisdom of Sandra Day O’Connor
She made herself a formidable justice in the same way she had learned to brand calves, fire a rifle, or turn a bobcat into a house pet while growing up on her parents’ remote Arizo…
Supreme Court Holds the Line Against Judicially Invented Lawsuits and Legislative History as Law
A case about who can sue to enforce federal law descended into a bitter battle between Justices Barrett and Jackson over legislative history.…
New Hampshire Supreme Court reverses father’s murder conviction in case of missing 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery
The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday reversed Adam Montgomery's murder conviction for killing his 5-year-old daughter Harmony and moving her corpse around for months before …
New Hampshire Supreme Court overturns Adam Montgomery's murder conviction in daughter Harmony's death
New Hampshire's Supreme Court overturns Adam Montgomery's murder conviction in the death of his 5-year-old daughter Harmony, ordering a new trial.…
Ron DeSantis Gets Good News From Florida Supreme Court in Battle Over New Congressional Map
In late May, RedState reported on a ruling that was handed down in consolidated lawsuits filed by leftist groups looking to block Florida's new congressional map from taking effect…
The next victim of the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision will be workers
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice released an opinion on Tuesday that, in the likely event it is embraced by a Republican-controlled federal judiciary, would make it s…
Supreme Court says it cannot be a mute spectator, orders Kerala to take charge of tusker amid ownership row
Supreme Court directs Kerala to take custody of tusker Raman amid ownership dispute, prioritizing its welfare and safety.…
Supreme Court's final cases loom over Trump's immigration, election hopes
The last Supreme Court decisions of the term include major tests of presidential power and election law that could have lasting implications on voting and governance. The big pictu…
Judge permanently blocks Alabama from executing inmate with nitrogen gas
A federal judge blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas, ruling that the method violates the Eighth Amendment’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment.…
A Helpful Guide to Fair Elections From the Supreme Court Majority
Your congressional maps should be red all over. That’s the color a map turns when it’s healthy.…
Trump pressures Netanyahu to stop Iran strikes, Supreme Court could shake up California elections
President Trump is reportedly pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to maintain a fragile ceasefire with Iran as negotiations over a broader peace deal continue. The…
Counting Down the Supreme Court Term
Playing catch-up.…
One of the Supreme Court’s Worst Decisions Is About to Turn 50. It’s Past Time to Reverse It.
None of this is news, but on the 50th anniversary of the death penalty’s reinstatement, it is worth reflecting on why those problems persist.…
For a faster vote count in California, look to the Supreme Court
Look at Los Angeles. Saturday’s batch of 58,558 late-counted votes in the mayor’s race broke 40.2% for Nithya Raman, 33% for Karen Bass and a mere 17.6% for Spencer Pratt — no doub…
Democrats’ Supreme Court threat puts the United States in mortal danger
Should they sweep in 2028, Democrats are vowing they'll push the American constitutional order past an event horizon from which it will never return.…
In the Tank for Trump—and Over a Barrel on the Hill
Blanche, Bondi, and Boutros: This Week, three Bs = a lotta B.S.…
‘Moderate’ California Governor Candidate Weaponized the Law Against Conservatives on Abortion, Transgender Ideology
To hear the legacy media tell it, the sensible “middle-of-the-road” and “centrist” Xavier Becerra is likely to proceed to the runoff in the California governor race, and while he m…
How To Fill Supreme Court With Justices Like Thomas
It's no longer enough to choose candidates for the nation's highest court with perfect resumes who mouth the principles of originalism. They must have shown their courage in fighti…
Supreme Court saves 23 opinions for release in final weeks of term
The Supreme Court is weeks away from ending its term, but it still has to release rulings in nearly two dozen cases, including some of the most closely watched legal fights it hear…
Madras High Court criticises Supreme Court for ignoring its own observations on early disposal of election disputes
Madras High Court criticizes Supreme Court for delaying election dispute resolution, warning of potential threats to democracy.…
Getting Out of the Redistricting Business
Is it permanent, or just judges gone wild?…
Today in Supreme Court History: June 4, 1923
6/4/1923: Meyer v. Nebraska decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 4, 1923 appeared first on Reason.com.…
Supreme Court rules Israel’s ban on Red Cross visits to detainees unlawful
Israel’s High Court ruled the state’s blanket ban on Red Cross visits to security prisoners unlawful, citing lack of legal basis, decades of precedent, and violations of detainee r…
Netanyahu slams violent ultra-Orthodox riot at Supreme Court Justice Sohlberg’s home
Rioters reportedly caused significant property damage and attempted to break into Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg's home.…
Must end ‘stale, frozen’ marriages: SC urges judiciary to end prolonged marital disputes
A bench of justices said that keeping dead marriages alive through years of litigation only perpetuates frustration and emotional distress. | India News…
Nestoil, receiver spar over the Supreme Court’s ruling
Nestoil also stated that any declaration that the receiver/manager is free to exercise unrestrained power over the company and Neconde or their assets is inaccurate, misleading, an…
Pas à Pas de Callais: SCOTUS Okays Alabama Congressional Map
It's game on again in Alabama for a new congressional map after a Supreme Court intervention. This time, the state didn't pass a brand-new map, but instead reinstated the map they …
How to Get Neil Gorsuch to Stand Up for Workers
Last week, the Supreme Court delivered a resounding victory for workers in Flowers Foods Inc. v. Brock.…
Congressional Black Caucus vows to block college sports reform over Southern states’ redistricting
The Congressional Black Caucus announced it is withholding its support from the bipartisan “Protect College Sports Act” over its concerns regarding Southern redistricting in the wa…
Sonia Sotomayor Bluntly Exposed the Supreme Court’s Latest Voting Rights Lie
SCOTUS delivered yet another crushing blow to voting rights on Tuesday night, issuing a 6–3 decision over the shadow docket.…
Preserving the record: On the right to be forgotten
The right to be forgotten must be balanced against the public interest…
The Supreme Court’s new decision tilting the midterms toward Republicans, explained
Here’s a familiar story. On Tuesday night, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that will almost certainly give the Republican Party an additional seat in the US House of Repre…
Contentious Times at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court For The First Time Refers To Our "Colorblind Constitution"
130 years later, Justice Harlan's Plessy dissent is now the "supreme law of the land."…
How to Save the Supreme Court From Itself
Kate Shaw on reforming the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus: extremism in the Democratic Party, and the history of the word graduate.…
GOP Congressmen React To Dems Publicly Plotting A Supreme Court Power Grab
Democrats are promising major changes to the Supreme Court, and Republican lawmakers say those proposals could fundamentally alter the nation's highest court.…
Was Lincoln More Radical Than We Remember?
Damon Root discusses the path to emancipation, the struggle to secure freedom after the Civil War, and the constitutional changes that remade America.…
Supreme Court Rebukes Effort To Force Race-Based House Map On Deep Red State
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday to allow Alabama to use a new map for congressional districts that a lower court previously blocked.…
The Supreme Court Just Transformed Its Horrible Voting Rights Ruling Into Something More Calamitous
What the Roberts Court has just wrought goes beyond handing an extra House seat to the GOP in the upcoming election.…
Sotomayor Warns of ‘Chaotic Election’ in Supreme Court’s Latest Redistricting Decision
The Supreme Court allowed Alabama’s congressional map to go into effect in an unsigned order Tuesday night, in what could be the closing chapter of the redistricting drama leading …
Is This a Sign a Supreme Court Vacancy Is Coming Soon?
Speculation rises on a possible Supreme Court vacancy amid strategic moves by conservative judges.…
In Alabama, the Roberts Court Hands Republicans Yet Another Shocking Gerrymandering Win
By reinstating a discriminatory map, the justices are once again doing all they can to help the GOP.…
Alabama Victorious As SCOTUS Decides They Can Use 2023 Maps, Eliminating One Majority-Minority District
SCOTUS allows Alabama to use 2023 maps with one majority-minority district for 2026 elections.…
Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map that dilutes Black vote
Today in Supreme Court History: June 3, 1918
6/3/1918: Hammer v. Dagenhart decided.…
Trump’s legacy will be defined by the Supreme Court and the Middle East
Trump's Supreme Court appointment and creation of the Abraham Accords are historic, but the outcome of the Iran conflict will be as well.…