US Supreme Court wrestles with Louisiana electoral map with more Black-majority districts
The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral ...
Supreme Court weighs racial gerrymandering claim, protections for Black voting power
The case tests the balancing act states must strike in protecting the voting power of a racial minority while not ...
Supreme Court appears divided over Louisiana map with second black-majority district
The Supreme Court seemed divided over the breadth of its decision over the legality of a second black-majority district in Louisiana.
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SCOTUS skeptical appeals courts barred from hearing deportation challenges on persecution grounds
Pierre Yassue Nashua Riley sought to prevent his removal to Jamaica, where he worried he would be killed by a drug kingpin, but the Board of Immigration Appeals denied him such relief.
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Princeton will name building for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Class of 1976
The building at 36 University Place is the site of programs that support first-generation college, lower-income, transfer and ...
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Former clerk tapped for fall double jeopardy argument
The Supreme Court has tapped a former clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor to defend a lower court ruling in next term’s Barrett ...
Justice Amy Coney Barrett's 'Listening to the Law' will give readers an inside account of the court
“Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution” will be released Sept. 9, according to Sentinel Books, a ...
Williams & Connolly Partner Tapped to Argue Double Jeopardy Case
The US Supreme Court appointed Williams & Connolly partner Charles McCloud to argue in a case in which the federal government ...
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Supreme Court won’t stop Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution for Buddhist inmate
Despite more states shifting toward nitrogen hypoxia executions as lethal injection drugs become scarce, the high court ...
Why Neil Gorsuch dissented from an execution stay denial at the Supreme Court
The Trump appointee isn’t known for siding with death row prisoners. But the reason he gave for doing so in a Louisiana case ...
Louisiana inmate executed after challenge to nitrogen gas denied by Supreme Court
The state of Louisiana carried out its first execution using nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, after the Supreme Court ...
US Supreme Court hears dispute over Louisiana electoral map with more Black-majority districts
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an ...