Supreme Court to decide if Oklahoma must execute Richard Glossip
Oct 5, 2024 · Twice in the past decade the Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing Richard Glossip. Now the state has joined Glossip to argue that newly uncovered evidence shows prosecutors violated his rights at trial. But even with the Oklahoma’s rare confession of error, both the state’s highest cour
Justices rule Trump has some immunity from prosecution
Jul 1, 2024 · This article was updated on July 1 at 3:32 p.m. In a historic decision, a divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former presidents can never be prosecuted for actions relating to the core powers of their office, and that there is at least a presumption that they have immunity for their official acts more broadly.
The certiorari process: Seeking Supreme Court review
This election explainer was written by Amy Howe.It is part of SCOTUSblog’s 2020 Election Litigation Tracker, a joint project with Election Law at Ohio State.. When the losing side in a case decided by a federal court of appeals (or a state’s highest court) wants the Supreme Court to weigh in, it files a brief (known as a “petition for certiorari” or a “cert petition”) asking the ...
Court schedules first cases for 2024-25 term - SCOTUSblog
Jul 26, 2024 · The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate so-called “ghost guns” in the first week of the 2024-25 term in October, followed the next day by an unusual death-penalty case – in which the state’s attorney general supports the condemned man’s efforts to overturn his conviction and sentence.
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2 days ago · Welcome to SCOTUSblog - see blog posts. WHAT WE'RE READING The morning read for Wednesday, Jan. 8 By Ellena Erskine on Jan 08, 2025 at 11:00 am. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
Court likely to let Biden’s “ghost gun” regulation stand
Oct 8, 2024 · The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to uphold a 2022 federal rule regulating so-called “ghost guns” – untraceable weapons without serial numbers, assembled from components or kits that can be bought online. Defending the rule, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar described an “explos
Justices rule for Jan. 6 defendant - SCOTUSblog
Jun 28, 2024 · This article was updated on June 28 at 4:22 p.m. The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the charges against a former Pennsylvania police officer who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks. By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the law that Joseph Fischer was charged with vio
Supreme Court limits scope of anti-bribery law - SCOTUSblog
Jun 26, 2024 · The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a federal anti-bribery law does not make it a crime for state and local officials to accept a gratuity for acts that they have already taken. Writing for a six-justice majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh explained that state and local governments already regul
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness …
Jun 30, 2023 · This article was updated on June 30 at 4:00 p.m. By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority last year when it announced that it would cancel up to $400 billion in student loans. The Biden administration had said that as many as 43 million Americans
Supreme Court allows Virginia to remove suspected non-citizens …
Oct 30, 2024 · The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked an order by a federal judge that would have required Virginia to return more than 1,600 people to the voter rolls. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles found that since early August the state had canceled the registration of more than 1,600 v