Legal News
Andy Warhol’s artwork, Arizona’s capital sentencing, and more on armed career criminals
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court has newly relisted six petitions this week, raising three groups of issu
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Mar 24, 2022
Justices reverse Wisconsin court ruling that increased majority-Black districts in state legislature
The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that adopted a redistricting plan submitted by the state’s governor, Democrat Tony Evers, for seats in the state’s legislature. The state court’s plan would have increased th
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Mar 24, 2022
Jackson says she’ll recuse herself from case challenging affirmative action at Harvard
The third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson proceeded much like the second. Jackson vowed to respect precedent and to rule “without any agendas.” Democrats portrayed her path to the top of the lega
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Mar 24, 2022
Court remains silent on Thomas’ condition after he entered the hospital last week
Five days after Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., with “flu-like symptoms,” the Supreme Court is providing no updates on his condition. For the third consecutive day, the 73-year-old justice was not on t
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Mar 24, 2022