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The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from a death row inmate in Texas who said his jury had been tainted by racial bias (…

The Senate in a historic vote today confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court (view full article). When sworn in this summer, Judge Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve…

If someone is held at gunpoint and forced to withdraw money from an ATM, is the bank being robbed (a federal crime) or just the person (not a federal crime)? Seventh Circuit (2005): The bank - because the money belongs to the bank. Fifth Circuit (2005):  The person - because the money…

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm two of President Joe Biden's district court picks, one for the Northern District of Georgia and another for the District of New Jersey.

Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty, a senior counsel at the Southern…

The Supreme Court granted certiorari in Cruz v. Arizona, No. 21-846 (Mar. 28, 2022) (cert. granted), to decide “[w]hether the Arizona Supreme Court’s holding that Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1 (g)…

On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court clarified the right of death-row inmates to receive spiritual guidance during execution. See Ramirez v. Collier, No. 21-5592 (Mar. 24, 2022).

Petitioner John Ramirez is a…

While many eyes were on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearing Tuesday evening, the Senate swiftly confirmed Victoria Calvert to sit on the bench in the Northern District of Georgia (…

The Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings today on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman on the court as well as one of a record four female justices serving at the same time (…

The Justice Department is directing prosecutors to stop limiting defendants' ability to seek compassionate release in most federal plea agreements, after advocates criticized the practice as cruel and against the intent of Congress (…

Saudi Arabia is drawing international criticism for putting 81 people to death in one day. The executions happened on Saturday (view full article).

The executions…