The Latest Breaking News from US Supreme Court

DeSantis gerrymander may be illegal

DeSantis’ move, secretly aided by GOP-linked national operatives, came over the objections of GOP lawmakers

Salon · Oct 11, 2022

The Supreme Court just undid a key ruling for counting undated Pennsylvania mail ballots

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated a federal appeals court decision that had allowed undated mail ballots to be counted in Pennsylvania, injecting new uncertainty into an issue that could affect thousands of votes in next month’s elections.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 11, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court rejects request to review Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas’ case

Thomas’ attorneys appealed saying that some members of the jury that sentenced him had expressed racist views. In their dissent, the court’s three liberal justices wrote that Thomas’ conviction and death sentence were unconstitutional.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 11, 2022

At least 66 US clinics have halted abortions, institute says

At least 66 clinics have stopped providing abortions in 15 states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her mark early, often as US Supreme Court work begins

It didn’t take long for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to find her voice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Mississippi search warrants go missing

Search warrants are supposed to be filed at the courthouse, but they’re missing from many of Mississippi’s courts

Salon · Oct 5, 2022

Texas inmate who fought prayer, touch rules to be executed

A Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide faces execution, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

A tiny fish that once caused an epic conservation fight is no longer under threat

The snail darter, a tiny Southeastern fish that derailed a federal dam during an epic battle over Endangered Species Act protection in the '70s, is no longer considered imperiled, officials announced.

WEKU · Oct 5, 2022

NC court hears new arguments on maps, paralleling nationally watched elections case

Legislative leaders sought to cement their ability to gerrymander their own districts without courts being able to strike them down, in arguments they made Tuesday to the N.C. Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in dispute over classified documents

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate, escalating a dispute over the powers of an independent arbiter appointed to inspect the records.

France 24 · Oct 4, 2022