{"id":184,"date":"2026-06-12T13:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:11:07","slug":"court-considers-nitrogen-gas-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"Court considers nitrogen gas execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>The NBA and NHL finals and World Cup may be dominating sports news right now, but some of us still want to talk about baseball. And as reporter Matt Rice noted on X this week, Justices Potter Stewart and Harry Blackmun would have approved.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=181\">Court denies Alabama\u2019s request to allow execution using nitrogen gas<\/a><\/p><p>Plus, a reminder: If you\u2019d like to attend our term-in-review event on July 8 at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, don\u2019t forget to register your interest here. The event will feature a fireside chat with the ACLU\u2019s Cecillia Wang, who argued the birthright citizenship case before the Supreme Court; a discussion of the historical framework of birthright citizenship from Johns Hopkins professor Martha S. Jones; and a live taping of the Advisory Opinions podcast.<\/p><div><h2>At the Court<\/h2><div><div><div><p>On Thursday, the court released its opinions in three cases: <em>Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.<\/em>, <em>FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd.,<\/em> and <em>Abouammo v. United States<\/em>.<\/p><ul><li>In <em>Keathley<\/em>, a unanimous opinion held that courts should look to the totality of the circumstances to determine whether an omission of a claim in the bankruptcy context was barred by the judicial estoppel doctrine. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the opinion of the court; Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch; and Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a concurring opinion.<\/li><li>In <em>FS Credit Opportunities<\/em>, the court, by a vote of 6-3, held that Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act does not impliedly empower private parties to sue for rescission of contracts that allegedly violate the act. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion; Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion joined in full by Sotomayor and in part by Justice Elena Kagan; and Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion.<\/li><li>In <em>Abouammo<\/em>, in a unanimous opinion written by Kagan, the court held that a defendant charged with knowingly falsifying a document with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation must be tried in the district where the falsification occurred, not where the investigation was located.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div><div><p>After announcing opinions, the justices met in a private conference to discuss cases and vote on petitions for review. Orders from Thursday\u2019s conference are expected on Monday at 9:30 a.m. EDT.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><div><p>Thursday night, the court  to pause or vacate a district court order barring Alabama from executing Jeffery Lee using nitrogen gas. For more on the case, see the On Site section below.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><div><p>The court has indicated that it will next release opinions on Thursday, June 18, at 10 a.m. EDT. We will be live blogging that morning beginning at 9:30.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><h2>Morning Reads<\/h2><div><div><h3>Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh takes on a starring role in Maine\u2019s Senate race<\/h3><p>Natasha Korecki and Sahil Kapur, NBC News<\/p><div><p>As Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine fights to keep her seat in the Senate, her Democratic opponent, Graham Platner, and his supporters are attempting to use Collins\u2019 2018 vote in favor of Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation against her, according to NBC News. They view Kavanaugh\u2019s 2022 vote in favor of overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> \u201cas fresh ammunition that they lacked six years ago when she was last up for re-election\u201d and are also emphasizing that \u201cif Republicans reclaim the Senate, there is a chance that Collins could again play a pivotal role in voting for one or two Supreme Court justices.\u201d \u201cShe got elected promising to protect Roe versus Wade, only to turn around and put on a justice, put a justice on the Supreme Court who overturned it? She lied to us,\u201d Platner said this week after winning the Maine Democratic Senate primary.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><h3>Industry group appeals ruling on age verification law to US Supreme Court<\/h3><p>Cora Neas, KXAN<\/p><div><p>On Thursday, the Computer &amp; Communications Industry Association announced that it has filed an emergency request for the Supreme Court \u201cto block a Texas law requiring app stores to verify users\u2019 ages,\u201d according to KXAN, a news station in Austin. \u201cThe move comes a week after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court\u2019s temporary injunction blocking\u201d the law, called Senate Bill 2420. Texas officials \u201cand the bill\u2019s authors have previously said the law was necessary to safeguard minors from inappropriate content,\u201d but the association contends that it violates the First Amendment. \u201cThe First Amendment protects the rights of app stores and app developers to disseminate lawful speech to users who have an equal right to access it. Parents \u2013 not governments \u2013 should retain the ability to make decisions about their children\u2019s use of technology,\u201d said CCIA President and CEO Matt Schruers in a statement.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><h3>Solo dissents are uncommon. Justice Kagan just made her first.<\/h3><p>Grant Christensen and Anne Mullins, The Washington Post<span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/p><div><p>In a column for The Washington Post, Grant Christensen and Anne Mullins highlighted Justice Elena Kagan\u2019s recent solo dissent in <em>Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises<\/em>, which was her first solo dissent in her 16-year Supreme Court career, and reflected on the significance of such separate writings across the court\u2019s history. They noted that \u201cKagan\u2019s dissent leaves Justice Amy Coney Barrett as the only member of the current court who has yet to dissent alone. Justice Clarence Thomas, the current court\u2019s most prolific solo dissenter, has written more than 50.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><h3>The Term of the Summary Reversal<\/h3><p>Steve Vladeck, One First<span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/p><div><p>In a post for his Substack, Steve Vladeck explored the justices\u2019 growing reliance on the summary reversal \u2013 that is, \u201crulings that conclusively resolve appeals via unsigned, \u2018per curiam\u2019 opinions of the Court at the certiorari stage, without plenary briefing or oral argument.\u201d There have been eight such decisions so far this term; \u201cas recently as the October 2023 Term, there were <em>none<\/em>.\u201d Vladeck contends that, if this trend continues, it \u201cwill quietly reshape how the Court relates to the lower federal and state courts \u2013 and to the litigants whose cases get pulled into the Court\u2019s gravitational field without the benefit of briefing, argument, or a signed opinion.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><h2>On Site<\/h2><div><div><div><div><span>Court News<\/span><h3>Court denies Alabama&#8217;s request to allow execution using nitrogen gas<\/h3><p>By <!-- -->Amy Howe<\/p><p>Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Thursday morning to allow the execution of Jeffery Lee to proceed as scheduled on Thursday night after lower courts barred the state from using nitrogen hypoxia to execute Lee, calling that method \u201clikely unconstitutional.\u201d In a brief, unsigned order sent to reporters shortly after 9 p.m. EDT, the court turned down Alabama&#8217;s request. Three justices \u2013 Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch \u2013 indicated that they would have granted the state&#8217;s request.<\/p><\/div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2fc34d686f535d1f0b8b69e2ad189dbb-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2fc34d686f535d1f0b8b69e2ad189dbb-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2fc34d686f535d1f0b8b69e2ad189dbb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2fc34d686f535d1f0b8b69e2ad189dbb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2fc34d686f535d1f0b8b69e2ad189dbb-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2fc34d686f535d1f0b8b69e2ad189dbb.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><span>Opinion Analysis<\/span><h3>Court unanimously sides with defendant in criminal venue dispute over where a crime occurs<\/h3><p>By <!-- -->Nora Collins<\/p><p>The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in Abouammo v. United States that federal prosecutors can try a defendant only in the district where his crime was committed, not where its \u201ccontemplated effects\u201d were felt. Specifically, in a unanimous decision by Justice Elena Kagan, the justices rejected a federal appeals court\u2019s conclusion that the intent requirement in 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1519 \u2013 which criminalizes falsifying documents in a federal investigation \u2013 allows the government to prosecute the defendant where such an investigation is located.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=180\">Court unanimously sides with defendant in criminal venue dispute over where a crime occurs<\/a><\/p><\/div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13ab155391d3d6e130be6492b4bc3a54-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13ab155391d3d6e130be6492b4bc3a54-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13ab155391d3d6e130be6492b4bc3a54-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13ab155391d3d6e130be6492b4bc3a54-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13ab155391d3d6e130be6492b4bc3a54-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13ab155391d3d6e130be6492b4bc3a54.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><span>From the SCOTUSblog Team<\/span><h3>Protecting the justices<\/h3><p>By <!-- -->Amy Howe<\/p><p>Security around the Supreme Court and the justices has increased markedly in recent years, particularly in the wake of the 2022 leak of the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, which would overturn the constitutional right to an abortion. This beefed-up security presence has led to a significant expansion of both the Supreme Court\u2019s workforce and its budget.<\/p><\/div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6b90fdcd3df947255630e2fee8916309-1024x643.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6b90fdcd3df947255630e2fee8916309-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6b90fdcd3df947255630e2fee8916309-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6b90fdcd3df947255630e2fee8916309-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6b90fdcd3df947255630e2fee8916309-1536x965.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6b90fdcd3df947255630e2fee8916309.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div>A Closer Look<\/div><h3>Justice David Brewer<\/h3><\/div><div><p>Today, Justice David Brewer may not be particularly well known, but that wasn\u2019t always the case. Among his other activities, Brewer made an (unsuccessful) trip to Colorado in search of gold, served on the Supreme Court alongside his uncle (the only instance to date of two relatives sitting on the bench simultaneously), and was \u2013 at the time \u2013 \u201cunquestionably the Justice most familiar to the American public.\u201d<\/p><p>Brewer was born in June 1837, in Smyrna, Asia Minor (the former Ottoman Empire, now Turkey) \u2013 one of only six justices in the court\u2019s history to have been born outside of the United States. His father was a reverend and ran a missionary school in Smyrna, while his mother was the sister of one of Brewer\u2019s eventual colleagues on the Supreme Court, Stephen J. Field. The family returned to the U.S. when Brewer was still relatively young and settled in Connecticut. He enrolled at Wesleyan College at 14, transferred to Yale after two years, and graduated in 1856. While at Yale, Brewer was \u201cgreatly influenced\u201c by Theodore Dwight Woolsey, Yale\u2019s president and a political science scholar, who believed in individual \u201cmoral self-development\u201c and that this was one of the central goals of government.<\/p><p>After Yale, Brewer spent a year in New York City reading law at the office of his uncle, David Dudley Field, before receiving a degree from Albany Law School in 1858. Brewer then tried his luck in the Colorado goldfields, found none, and moved to Kansas in 1859 before serving in a number of judicial roles \u2013 circuit court commissioner, probate court judge, and state district court judge. In 1870 Brewer was elected to the Kansas Supreme Court, where he remained for 14 years before President Chester Arthur appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in 1884.<\/p><p>President Benjamin Harrison then nominated Brewer in December 1889 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Stanley Matthews, and the Senate confirmed him 53-11 later that month. He was sworn in on Jan. 6, 1890, joining the court with his uncle, Stephen Field, who had been sitting since 1863.<\/p><p>On the court, Brewer authored 540 majority opinions, a total surpassed by only five justices at the time of his death in 1910. Simultaneously, he was the Fuller court\u2019s leading dissenter, averaging 11.3 dissents per term \u2013 and in the process beat out even John Marshall Harlan (who averaged 11.1), the \u201cGreat Dissenter.\u201d Brewer\u2019s jurisprudence linked him, in the eyes of historians, to what is now known as the Lochner era \u2014 a period of Supreme Court history named after the 1905 case of <em>Lochner v. New York<\/em>, in which the court frequently struck down economic regulations on the grounds that they infringed on the individual right to the freedom of contract. Specifically, in <em>Lochner<\/em>, five justices (including Brewer) held that a New York law capping bakers\u2019 working hours violated the 14th Amendment\u2019s protections.<\/p><p>Perhaps Brewer\u2019s best-known majority opinion came in the unanimous case of <em>Muller v. Oregon<\/em>, which upheld Oregon\u2019s cap on women\u2019s working hours; his reasoning rested partly on women\u2019s physical differences from men, writing that \u201chistory discloses the fact that woman has always been dependent upon man.\u201d<\/p><p>Notably, Brewer also dissented in two major Chinese exclusion cases. The first, <em>Fong Yue Ting v. United States<\/em>, challenged the Geary Act of 1892, which required Chinese residents to carry residency certificates or face deportation. Brewer dissented, joined by Chief Justice Melville Fuller and Field, on the grounds that, among other things, such persons were constitutionally entitled to due process and that the act deprived them of this. The second case, <em>United States v. Ju Toy<\/em>, upheld the denial of re-entry to a U.S. citizen of Chinese dissent who had traveled temporarily abroad. Brewer again dissented, arguing that barring a citizen \u2013 guilty of no crime \u2013 from returning home without a jury trial stripped him of his constitutional protections, and that Congress could not constitutionally deprive a citizen of the rights the Constitution guarantees.<\/p><p>As for <em>Plessy v. Ferguson<\/em>, which was decided while Brewer served on the court, he did not participate; his daughter died unexpectedly the day the case was argued and he left Washington to be with his family.<\/p><p>Off the bench, Brewer was an orator and writer, giving lectures to bar associations, church congregations, and all-Black colleges \u2013 and at one point took leave of his court position to serve as president of the Venezuela-British Guiana Border Commission. As such, his name appeared in newspapers more frequently than those of either Fuller or even Harlan (although after his death, his eulogists wrote that his \u201cfame was largely the product of his love of public speaking and his willingness to go almost anywhere to address an audience.\u201d) Brewer died in office in March 1910 of a heart attack, at the age of 72, after 20 years on the court. His body was brought back to Kansas, where he was buried, and he was succeeded by Justice Charles Evans Hughes.<\/p><p>Brewer\u2019s reputation after his death faced some difficulties. Theodore Roosevelt privately dismissed him as \u201ca menace to the welfare of the Nation\u201d and (less charitably) a judge with \u201ca sweetbread for a brain.\u201d The two men had clashed openly during Brewer\u2019s final years on the bench \u2013 Brewer publicly criticized Roosevelt\u2019s imperialism and had openly called into question whether Roosevelt was suited to hold the presidency. Generations of historians, too,  with the disfavored Lochner Era and moved on. That said, his voting record tells a somewhat different story: in 739 cases involving \u201c,\u201d Brewer sided with the state nearly 80% of the time, and while on the Kansas Supreme Court, he had warned that the nation\u2019s large corporations would soon be \u201cwrestling for political power and control.\u201d Brewer was a complicated man, and a complicated justice.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=179\">Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow execution using nitrogen gas<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div><h2>SCOTUS Quote<\/h2><div><div><p>\u201cThe judicial task is to read words, not minds.\u201d<\/p><p>\u2014 Justice Amy Coney Barrett, \u00a0 (2026)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, the justices released three opinions in argued cases on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-scotusblog-team","category-newsletter","category-opinion-analysis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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