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Justices add new cases on bankruptcy, overtime pay, and federal civil rights claims

The Supreme Court on Monday added three new merits cases to its docket for the 2022-23 term. On a list of ordersfrom the justices’ private conference last week, the justices also called for the views of the U.S. solicitor general in two cases, and they...

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Court green-lights execution of Missouri man who complained of long delay between conviction and sentencing

In a two-sentence order on Monday, the justices denied a stay of execution for Carman Deck, a man on Missouri’s death row who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. There were no public dissents from the order. Deck’s application called on the court to..

logo.png  By IG  May 3, 2022