Supreme Court
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President Donald Trump has removed the remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, leaving the bipartisan agency without a single commissioner and unable to perform official business just as the 2026 election cycle begins. The unprecedented move not only freezes the nation’s only federal agency devoted exclusively to election administration, but could also trigger…
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American courtrooms have produced some of the most dramatic, bizarre, and culturally defining moments in the nation’s history. Here are seven of the wildest, blending jaw-dropping historical spectacles with modern high-profile cases that left the world stunned. 1. The Salem Witch Trials (1692–1693)In one of colonial America’s darkest chapters, over 200 people were accused of…
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In a 6,323-word concurring opinion, Justice Jackson dismantles the Thomas dissent’s narrow reading of the 14th Amendment, calling it a “return” to the infamous 1857 decision’s “core tenet.” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined in part by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, filed a sharp concurring opinion on Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, accusing Justice Clarence Thomas of…
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In what legal scholars are calling one of the most remarkable redemption stories in modern American jurisprudence, a convicted bank robber who taught himself law while serving a 12-year federal prison sentence has become a professor at one of the nation’s premier law schools. Shon Hopwood, now a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, first…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Alabama’s emergency request to proceed with the execution of death row inmate Jeffery Lee using nitrogen hypoxia, leaving in place lower court rulings that found the execution method is likely unconstitutional. In a brief, unsigned order issued Thursday evening, the high court declined to intervene and allow the execution…
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Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a high-stakes death penalty dispute, seeking permission to carry out the execution of death row inmate Jeffery Lee using nitrogen hypoxia despite lower court rulings that found the method likely violates the Constitution. The emergency request, filed Thursday morning, June 11, 2026, comes just hours…
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The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has launched a new effort to enlist corporate America in the escalating legal and political fight over congressional redistricting, sending letters to more than 250 companies urging them to oppose map-drawing initiatives that lawmakers say threaten Black political representation. The campaign comes amid renewed scrutiny of voting rights protections following…
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Former Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip has been granted bond and ordered released from prison while awaiting a retrial, marking a dramatic turn in a case that has drawn national attention for nearly three decades over allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and wrongful conviction. Oklahoma District Judge Natalie Mai ruled Thursday, May 14, 2026, that…
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The United States has had only 17 Chief Justices in its more than 235-year history. From the court’s humble beginnings to its modern role as a powerful institution at the center of American life, each Chief Justice has left a distinct mark on the Supreme Court and the nation. Here is a concise overview of…
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Donald Trump publicly criticized two conservative Supreme Court justices he appointed, accusing them of harming the country after they joined a majority ruling limiting his administration’s tariff powers. In a lengthy post on Truth Social Sunday night, Trump singled out Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett over a recent Supreme Court decision striking down his…
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