A divided US Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated an injunction granted by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit , clearing the way for the State of Alabama to execute Jeffrey Lynn Borden....
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Supreme Court hears arguments on Wisconsin gerrymandering case
Through their questions and various statements during a one-hour oral argument on Tuesday, most of the Supreme Court justices indicated at least some consensus about their opinion of the practice of gerrymandering. With the exception of...
Supreme Court blocks lower court rulings invalidating Texas redistricting
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked two lower court rulings that mandated the redrawing of Texas congressional and state legislative districts . Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Stephen Breyer would have denied the application...
Supreme Court: ineffective postconviction counsel does not excuse default of claim
The US Supreme Court on Monday held in Davila v. Davis that the procedural default of ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel claims are not excused by the ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel. Petitioner Erik Davila confessed to accidentally...
Supreme Court allows use of public funds for religious school playground
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources policy of excluding religious organizations from receiving grants violates the First...
Supreme Court agrees to hear Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review Gill v. Whitford , a partisan-gerrymandering case from Wisconsin. The state is appealing the decision of a three-judge panel for the US District Court for the Western District...
Supreme Court rules California courts lack jurisidction in pharmaceutical mass action case
The US Supreme Court held on Monday that California courts lack specific jurisdiction to hear the claims brought against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) . BMS manufactures and sells Plavix, a prescription drug that prevents blood...
The US Supreme Court ruled 4-2 Monday in Ziglar v. Abbasi that Muslim men detained in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks cannot sue top US officials. The three consolidated cases center on the...
The US Supreme Court lifted the stay of execution granted last week by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for Robert Melson late Tuesday. The brief order was issued by [AL...
Supreme Court applies statute of limitations to SEC enforcement action
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission that claims for disgorgement in an SEC enforcement action are held within the five-year statute of limitations. The court was...