He was sentenced to death after his toddler died. Now, shaken baby syndrome is at the heart of Robert Roberson’s 11th-hour appeals
The inmate would be the first person in the US executed on a shaken baby syndrome-based conviction, his lawyers say, as the ...
The Supreme Court Can’t Escape a Mess of Its Own Making on Guns, Abortion, and Donald Trump
As a new term kicks off this week, the archconservative court that John Roberts leads remains deeply unpopular, plagued by ...
The Supreme Court Has Grown Too Powerful. Congress Must Intervene.
Lawmakers must assert their power to reject the justices’ interpretations of the Constitution and enact their own.
Opinion
The Supreme Court seems inclined to let Richard Glossip be executed
A jury convicted Glossip in 1998 of a murder for hire of his employer. Jurors sentenced him to death. The confessed murderer, Justin Sneed, who allegedly received $10,000 for the job, was the ...
The liberal filmmaker wrote of the president: 'For the next 100 days, you have tremendous power'
Progressive filmmaker Michael Moore called on President Biden to use his remaining time in office to pass a bucket list of ...
Realtors’ group asks US Supreme Court to block Justice Dept probe
The National Association of Realtors has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the U.S. Justice Department from reopening a ...
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Fourteen cases to watch from the Supreme Court’s end-of-summer “long conference”
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Just before the Supreme Court ...
Despite Their Best Efforts, Trump's Supreme Court Appointees May Have Thrown Election to Harris
Since the three Donald Trump appointees took their seats, the U.S. Supreme Court has waved its magic wand and come up with ...
How Jack Smith Outsmarted the Supreme Court
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s recent filing to the D.C. District Court in the Trump v. United States presidential-immunity ...
Supreme Court Reform Is in the Air
Court expansion in the current environment would keep the wheel of dysfunction spinning, amplifying the constant application ...
Federal appeals court is skeptical of DACA but could narrow the ruling striking it down
A federal appeals court appeared unlikely to fully reverse a judge’s ruling that would end the immigration program known as ...
Meet the candidates for Place 6 on Texas Supreme Court on November 5 ballot
The Texas Supreme Court is the state’s highest court, or court of last resort, for civil matters in the state. It is made up ...