On Tuesday the justices will hear oral argument in the case of Texas death-row inmate Rodney Reed, who is seeking DNA testing for evidence that he believes will clear him. The question before the court is a procedural one, focusing on the deadline for Reed to file a federal civil rights claim challenging the constitutionality… Read More
A man on death row is seeking DNA testing. The justices will decide whether he missed a key deadline.
Trump asks justices to intervene in dispute over documents seized from his home
Former President Donald Trump came to the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon, asking the justices to allow a special master to review about 100 documents marked as classified that the FBI seized from Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida. The 37-page filing is the latest chapter in the fallout from the search warrant executed at… Read More
Conservative justices seem poised to uphold Alabama’s redistricting plan in Voting Rights Act challenge
In February, a divided Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling by a three-judge district court in Alabama, which had agreed that the state’s new congressional map likely violates the Voting Rights Act. After nearly two hours of oral argument on Tuesday, the justices appeared inclined to permanently set aside the district court’s ruling, even if… Read More
Court agrees to hear nine new cases, including challenge to tech companies’ immunity under Section 230
The Supreme Court on Monday added nine new cases to its docket, including a high-profile dispute over the extent of technology companies’ immunity from lawsuits based on the content they host. The new additions to the docket came in a list of orders from last week’s “long conference” – the first regularly scheduled conference since… Read More
Justices ponder Clean Water Act’s application to wetlands in Jackson’s first oral argument
The Supreme Court returned to the bench on Monday for the start of its new term. The justices did not waste any time in getting down to business, hearing argument in a long-running dispute over an Idaho couple’s efforts to build a home on land that they own – but which the Environmental Protection Agency… Read More
When are majority-Black voting districts required? In Alabama case, the justices will review that question.
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act bars election practices that result in a denial or abridgement of the right to vote based on race. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will revisit how that provision, a landmark protection whose broad language is hotly contested, applies to redistricting plans that are challenged as weakening the collective… Read More
EPA’s authority over wetlands is at stake as justices wade back into regulatory morass
When the Supreme Court returns to the bench on Oct. 3 for the start of its new term, it will begin with a case that is not new to it. In Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, the justices will once again weigh in on an Idaho couple’s efforts to build on land that they own… Read More
Jackson, as circuit justice for 1st Circuit, will review emergency appeals from most of New England
The Supreme Court court on Wednesday released a new list of circuit assignments to reflect Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s arrival at the court in late June. Jackson is the circuit justice for the 1st Circuit, which covers Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico. The other justices’ circuit assignments remain the same as… Read More
Live audio of oral arguments will continue as court partially reopens to public
When the justices return to the bench next week to begin the 2022-23 term, members of the public will be able to attend oral arguments for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. The court also announced on Wednesday that it will continue to provide a live audio feed of oral arguments,… Read More
Divided court authorizes Alabama execution, but state is unable to carry it out before midnight deadline
The Supreme Court on Thursday night cleared the way for Alabama to carry out a lethal injection of an inmate who argued that he had the right to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia, a method that supporters say is more humane. In an unsigned order that divided the justices 5-4, the court lifted an order… Read More