The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Brenda Evers Andrew another chance to challenge her death sentence and conviction for the murder of her estranged husband. Andrew, who was sentenced to death in 2004, ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed two outside attorneys to defend the lower-court decisions in two cases in which the federal government has declined to do so. In a brief order on Tuesday ...
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. So at the last conference, the ...
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled t ...
At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administration’s effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application ...
Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay the mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ordering a second trial while refusing to address a preserved sufficiency challenge on remand ...