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Latina Justice Sonia Sotomayor Breaks Supreme Court Tradition in Emotional Warning: 'More People Will Die'

Justice Sonia Sotomayor has built a reputation as the Supreme Court's most outspoken liberal voice, but this week she took the extraordinary step of publicly reading a blistering dissent from the bench after the Court's conservative majority handed President Donald Trump a major victory on immigration. The unusual move underscored…

Latin Times · Jun 26

Disagreements between Supreme Court justices bubble into public view as major rulings loom

Tensions are evident in a rare display among the Supreme Court justices at the end of the term

The Independent UK · Jun 26

Trump news at a glance: US asylum policy slated to change after supreme court ruling

Supreme court ruling will allow Trump administration to block asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border – key US politics stories from Thursday 25 June

The Guardian - US · Jun 26

Supreme Court allows Alabama to use new congressional map

The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to move forward with its new congressional map in a decision issued Tuesday evening, pausing a lower-court ruling that the map was likely unconstitutional. The unsigned order from the court’s conservative majority allowed the state to use its preferred map, one first adopted in 2023…

Roll Call · Jun 2

US supreme court dismisses Alabama’s bid to execute intellectually disabled man

Court throws out state’s challenge to judicial finding that inmate convicted of murder is ineligible for death penalty

The Guardian - US · May 21

Supreme Court moves Alabama closer to new congressional map

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a lower court ruling that found Alabama’s congressional map illegally and unconstitutionally discriminated against Black voters, potentially paving the way for the state to adopt a map with one less district where Black voters have an opportunity to influence the result. The unexplained,…

Roll Call · May 11

Supreme Court Order Stuns Legal Experts: 'Entirely Worrisome' Texas Ruling Revealed

The US Supreme Court has cleared Texas to use a controversial mid‑decade election map expected to add up to five Republican House seats.

International Business Times UK · Apr 28

Supreme Court seems inclined to allow police to use geofence warrants to identify criminal suspects

The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes

The Independent UK · Apr 27

U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map

The high court had previously allowed the map to be used temporarily, but Monday’s ruling makes that permanent.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 27

Stephanie Barclay on "The Emergency Docket's Mistaken Birthday"

Contrary to what some believe, the Clean Power Plan was not the first executive branch action stopped on the "Shadow Docket."

Reason · Apr 22