Court denies Alabama’s request to allow execution using nitrogen gas
Updated on June 11 at 9:28 p.m. Alabama came to the Supreme Court on Thursday morning, the justices to allow the execution of Jeffery Lee to proceed as scheduled on…
Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow execution using nitrogen gas
Alabama came to the Supreme Court on Thursday morning, the justices to allow the execution of Jeffery Lee, who was sentenced to death for the 1998 robbery and murder of…
Supreme Court permits Alabama to use congressional map struck by lower court as racially discriminatory
The Supreme Court on Tuesday night cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional map in the 2026 elections that lower courts found to be racially discriminatory. In a…
Supreme Court urged to uphold lower court decision striking Alabama congressional map as racially discriminatory
The plaintiffs challenging an Alabama congressional map urged the justices on Monday afternoon to leave in place a ruling by a panel of federal judges that bars Alabama from using…
Justices send case of death-row inmate back to lower courts, grant new First Step Act case
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its argument docket for the 2026-27 term, granting another case involving the First Step Act, a 2018 criminal justice…
Justices validate arbitration exemption for “last-mile” drivers
Yesterday’s in Flowers Foods v. Brock held that an exemption from the Federal Arbitration Act for interstate transportation workers extends to “last-mile” drivers who don’t themselves cross state lines, even…
Justice Barrett targeted in “swatting” incident
Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of a “swatting” incident – a false call reporting gunshots intended to provoke a response from law enforcement officials – on Wednesday night,…
Supreme Court sides with death row inmate in challenge to racial discrimination in jury selection
The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a Mississippi man’s conviction and death sentence. By a vote of 5-4, the court in Pitchford v. Cain agreed with Terry Pitchford that…
Alabama urges Supreme Court to allow for use of congressional map struck by lower court as racially discriminatory
Just over two weeks after the Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional map that a lower court had blocked as racially discriminatory, Alabama returned to…
Court sides with Trump administration in dispute over immigration judges, declines to hear Florida suit against other states over immigrant driver’s licenses
The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning reversed a ruling by a federal appeals court that had revived a dispute over a policy governing speaking engagements by immigration judges. In from…