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  • Pennsylvania Oct 20, 2020

    Supreme Court Allows 3-Day Extension for Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots

    The Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count ballots received up to three days after the election, rejecting a Republican plea.

  • death penalty Dec 17, 2019

    Report: 5th Straight Year With Under 30 Executions in US

    Fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States and under 50 new death sentences were imposed for the fifth straight year, part of a continuing decline in capital punishment that saw only a few states carry out executions, a new report issued Tuesday said. But even as death row populations were dropping in most of the 29 states…

  • Supreme Court Dec 6, 2019

    Supreme Court Keeps Federal Executions on Hold

    The Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from restarting federal executions next week after a 16-year break. The justices denied the administration’s plea to undo a lower court ruling in favor of inmates who have been given execution dates. The first of those had been scheduled for Monday, with a second set for Friday. Two more inmates...

  • Congress Feb 15, 2019

    Supreme Court to Decide If 2020 Census Can Ask About Citizenship

    The Supreme Court will decide whether the 2020 census can include a question about citizenship that could affect the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives and the distribution of billions of dollars in federal money. The justices agreed Friday to a speedy review of a lower court ruling that has so far blocked the Trump administration from adding...

  • Donald Trump Feb 8, 2019

    Abortion Case Shows Roberts Firmly at Supreme Court's Center

    Chief Justice John Roberts broke with the Supreme Court’s other conservative justices and his own voting record on abortion to block a Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Roberts didn’t explain his decision late Thursday to join the court’s four liberal justices. But it was the clearest sign yet of the role Roberts...

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