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• The radical Justice Thomas June 2, 2026
  On May 7, 2026, Clarence Thomas became the second longest serving justice in American history, surpassing Justice Stephen Field, who had been a justice for 34 years, 195 days, from 1863-1897. If Thomas stays on the bench for two more years, in May 2028, he will replace Justice William O. Douglas as the longest serving […]
• The state of the death penalty at the Supreme Court June 2, 2026
  The Supreme Court on Monday in Whitton v. Dixon sided with a death row inmate for the second time in less than a week, holding in an unsigned opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit improperly included DNA evidence that was not presented to the jury in its assessment of whether […]
• Court asked to bar Alabama from using state’s preferred map June 2, 2026
  Plus, the court took up another case on the First Step Act.
• Supreme Court urged to uphold lower court decision striking Alabama congressional map as racially discriminatory June 1, 2026
  The plaintiffs challenging an Alabama congressional map urged the justices on Monday afternoon to leave in place a ruling by a panel of federal judges that bars Alabama from using the map on the ground that it is racially discriminatory. One set of plaintiffs told the justices that the lower court “made findings on a […]
• Court rejects broad interpretation of compassionate release statute June 1, 2026
  A federal defendant may obtain compassionate release if a district court finds, among other things, that “extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduction” to his or her sentence. In Fernandez v. United States, the Supreme Court rejected that a defendant’s arguments questioning the validity of his conviction could count as an extraordinary and compelling […]