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In major Voting Rights Act case, Supreme Court strikes down redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory

Updated on April 29 at 9:58 p.m.The Supreme Court on Wednesday, in the case of Louisiana v. Callais, struck down a…

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This Day in History: Thurgood Marshall becomes first non-white U.S. Supreme Court justice

(WDBJ) - June 13, 1967: President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall to become the first non-white justice…

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FCC v. AT&T: Supreme Court Rejects Seventh Amendment Challenge to FCC Forfeiture Penalties

On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) issuance of forfeiture…

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Alabama seeks to execute man by lethal injection after court ruled against nitrogen method

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was…

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Supreme Court stops nitrogen execution

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to lift a lower-court halt to an Alabama execution Thursday. The lower court had stopped…

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U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Planned Execution of Alabama Death Row Inmate Jeffery Lee

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Alabama from carrying out the scheduled execution of death row inmate Jeffery Lee using…

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Alabama asks appeals court to let it continue nitrogen gas executions

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama is waging a last-minute legal fight to execute a man with nitrogen gas on Thursday night,…

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Florida Supreme Court lets new congressional map stand for 2026 elections

How Redistricting Is transforming Florida’s political landscape Florida is still seeing some of the ramifications of the congressional reshuffling due…

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Texas court acquits Uvalde police officer on charges tied to 2022 school shooting – JURIST

A Texas court found a former school police officer not guilty on charges stemming from the apparently delayed police response…

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US appeals court raises concerns about Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas for executions

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more study of whether it violates…

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