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A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the Supreme Court
Calvin Duncan, “the most brilliant legal mind” in the nation’s largest maximum-security prison, had long questioned a Louisiana law that allows 10-to-2 jury verdicts.
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New Sidebar: Calvin Duncan, a former jailhouse lawyer with a 10th grade education, helped free several inmates and played a leading role in a major Supreme Court case.
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Arizona Files Novel Lawsuit in Supreme Court Over Opioid Crisis
The suit asks the justices to order the Sackler family to return billions said to have been looted from its company, Purdue Pharma.
Supreme Court Lets Trump Proceed on Wall Plans Amid Legal Fight
The court’s ruling, addressing a stay application, was an interim step in a litigation that will continue in the lower courts.
Just Ideology? A Study Finds Another Predictor of Supreme Court Decisions
A new study shows that lawyers who have argued at least one case in the Supreme Court have higher success rates than novices.
Trump Turns to Executive Action to Press Citizenship Question on Census
President Trump is planning to further his ongoing battle to place a question about citizenship on the 2020 census by announcing an executive action in the Rose Garden on Thursday.
Trump Turns to Executive Action to Press Citizenship Question on Census
President Trump is planning to further his ongoing battle to place a question about citizenship on the 2020 census by announcing an executive action in the Rose Garden on Thursday.
Justice Dept. to Replace Lawyers in Census Citizenship Question Case
The change, which came on the heels of an extraordinary week in a yearlong clash to add the question, is all but unprecedented in legal battles as consequential as the one over the 2020 head count.
Trump Considering an Executive Order to Allow Citizenship Question on Census
A federal judge in Maryland has given the administration until 2 p.m. Friday to explain how it would proceed after a Supreme Court ruling that rejected its rational to add the question.
A Supreme Court Term Marked by Shifting Alliances and Surprise Votes
Even as the court’s center of gravity shifted to the right, the court’s more liberal justices held their own.
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Bid to Revive Alabama Abortion Ban
The Supreme Court declined to revive an Alabama law that would have banned a method used in 99 percent of abortions performed in the state after 15 weeks.
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Bid to Revive Alabama Abortion Ban
The Supreme Court declined to revive an Alabama law that would have banned a method used in 99 percent of abortions performed in the state after 15 weeks.
After 14 Years, Chief Justice Roberts Takes Charge
A pair of stunning decisions on Thursday showed that the chief justice has replaced Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as the court’s swing vote.
Supreme Court Will Hear ‘Dreamers’ Case
After a long delay, the justices agreed to decide whether the Trump administration may shut down a program known as DACA that shields young immigrants from deportation.
Supreme Court Gives a Victory to G.O.P. on Gerrymandering and to Democrats Opposed to Census Citizenship Question
The pair of decisions have vast implications for the political landscape and democracy itself.
Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question on Census in Doubt
In a setback for the Trump administration, the court said the reason for adding the question was inadequate. Government experts said adding the question could suppress participation among immigrants.
Supreme Court Says Constitution Does Not Bar Partisan Gerrymandering
The court has ruled that racial gerrymanders can violate the Constitution, but it has struggled with voting maps warped by politics.
In Property Rights Case, Justices Sharply Debate Power of Precedent
In a 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court overruled its second precedent in a little over a month.
The Supreme Court’s Biggest Decisions in 2019
The term’s most important cases will help chart the future of a court in transition.
Excluding Black Jurors in Curtis Flowers Case Violated Constitution, Supreme Court Rules
Curtis Flowers, a death row inmate in Mississippi, has been tried six times by a white prosecutor with a record of striking black potential jurors.
Excluding Black Jurors in Curtis Flowers Case Violated Constitution, Supreme Court Rules
Curtis Flowers, a death row inmate in Mississippi, has been tried six times by a white prosecutor with a record of striking black potential jurors.