Capital case go through Amy How September 8, 2021 10:47 p.m. The Supreme Court agreed to postpone the execution of John Ramirez, who was originally scheduled to die in Texas on Wednesday night. The last-minute breathing time will allow the judges to fully consider Ramirez’s request to allow his pastor to make physical contact with Ramirez and hear prayers in the execution room during Ramirez’s execution. Ramirez Urgent application This is the latest in a series of shadow file requests involving spiritual consultants who executed the death penalty in the past two years.But the judges are now ready to weigh the prisoner’s right to be accompanied by a spiritual counselor at the last minute more clearly: Suspend the execution of Ramirez’s brief order, The court agreed… [Read More...]

Capital case go through Amy How September 7, 2021 10:39 p.m. The Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, where the state’s execution chamber is located. (Nick DiFonzo from Flickr) A Texas prisoner asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to block his execution, arguing that the state’s refusal to let his spiritual adviser lay his hands on him and pray loudly in the execution room violated the Constitution and the federal protection of religious freedom. law. People in prison.this Require John Ramirez, who is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, once again brought back the issue of religious rights during the execution of the death sentence to the judges. In the past two years, the judges have faced a series of urgent requests for spiritual counselors. Execution. Earlier cases focused… [Read More...]

Upcoming events go through Gou Anqi September 7, 2021 4:08 PM At 2 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, September 9th, the National Assembly of State Legislatures will host a webinar to review two cases that have had a significant impact on the election during the 2020 term. Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee with American Prosperity Foundation v. BontaLisa Soronen, executive director of the State and Local Law Center, will chair discussions with Jessica Amunson of Jenner & Block, Erin Murphy of Kirkland & Ellis, and Susan Frederick of NCSL. Click on here registration message. Published on Upcoming Events Recommended citation: Gou Anqi, NCSL webinar on Supreme Court election cases, SCOTUS blog (4:08 PM, September 7, 2021), https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/09/ncsl-webinar-on-supreme-court-elections-cases/ Source link The post NCSL webinar… [Read More...]

Scottus Focus go through Likowski September 6, 2021 12:03 PM Lee Kovarsky is a law professor Bryant Smith at the University of Texas at Austin and co-director of the Death Penalty Center. Most people are concerned about litigation SB 8 – this New Texas ban Regarding almost all abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy—something has been heard.The Supreme Court can neither prohibit blatantly unconstitutional abortion restrictions, nor can it lift those that the circuit court cannot explain Order Suspending the lower court proceedings, the “rule of law story” is like this, because the Supreme Court’s hands are tied. In this case, the Supreme Court’s procedural principles require it to refuse emergency relief unless the party seeking emergency relief has reason to determine that it will win… [Read More...]

Petition this week go through Andrew Hamm September 3, 2021 7:28 p.m. West wall frieze This week, we focused on the certification petition for the Supreme Court to consider, including whether two North Carolina legislators can intervene in a case challenging the state’s voter status law, and whether blacks on death row may propose new racial prejudice. The evidence is in his jury selection and whether veterans can seek disability benefits denied by previously denied regulatory explanations. Berger v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, North Carolina Conference Addresses the ability of North Carolina lawmakers to protect the state’s voter status law from litigation under the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. After the plaintiff challenged the law, the president pro tempore of the state senate and… [Read More...]

What are we reading go through James Romoser September 2, 2021 8:00 am Every working day, we select a short list of news articles, comments, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.To recommend a work for our consideration, please send an email to roundup@scotusblog.com. This is the reading on Thursday morning: The Supreme Court, breaking the silence will not stop the Texas abortion law (Adam Liptak, J. David Goodman and Sabrina Tavernise, The New York Times) The Supreme Court refuses to block Texas law banning abortions within six weeks (Robert Barnes, Ann Marimo, Emily Vax-Sieberto and Caroline Kitchener, Washington Post) Supreme Court overturned Rowe v. Wade In the most cowardly way imaginable (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate) Abortion providers and distraught patients face the grim reality… [Read More...]

Scottus Focus go through Mary Ziegler September 1, 2021 3:28 PM Mary Ziegler is a professor of law at Florida State University and author of Abortion and the law in the United States: Rowe v. Wade to date. Since the decision Family Planning Case in Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey In 1992, the sign of the Supreme Court’s case was that it took the issue of abortion seriously. Casey And subsequent decisions affirmed the constitutional right to obtain an abortion before the fetus survived, but these decisions also spent time on the importance of national interests to protect the life of the fetus and even the dignity of the fetus’s life. At the same time, the court also talked about women’s freedom, equal citizenship and dignity. Trying to balance deep-rooted beliefs… [Read More...]

Emergency Record go through Amy How August 30, 2021 5:09 PM In 2016, a pro-choice activist held a sign in front of the Supreme Court. (Rena Schild via Shutterstock) A group of abortion providers told the Supreme Court on Monday that a Texas law that prohibits abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected at any time, if allowed to take effect on Wednesday, would “immediately and disastrously reduce abortions in Texas. Chance”.them Ask the justice Intervene in emergency situations and prevent the enforcement of the law, while questions about its constitutionality are brought in lower courts. The request was made more than a month before the start of the new term of the Supreme Court. The judges will review the 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi. The case challenged the… [Read More...]