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The Supreme Court case that could redefine “cruel and unusual,” explained
04 Dec 2025 14:23 GMT
… Next Wednesday, however, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a … the death penalty is legal.
In its brief to the justices … Atkins, for example, Justice Antonin Scalia argued that only “severely … from execution.
More broadly, Scalia argued that the Eighth …
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GUEST OPINION Zach Stock: Gather around and debate these criminal justice policies
02 Dec 2025 23:09 GMT
… the merits of competing criminal justice policies. As you pass … s a rundown of criminal justice topics likely to grab … the criminal code is, as Justices Kagan, Scalia, and Thomas put it … likely surface in 2026.
The death penalty is fundamentally flawed. It is …
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Federal Appellate Judges Can Petition the Supreme Court to Review a Question
13 Nov 2025 02:08 GMT
… unsuccessfully:
Statement of Justice Stevens, with whom Justice Scalia joins, respecting the … doubt on the constitutionality of death penalty laws nationwide, Furman v. … 1981). The leading Supreme Court treatise reports that the Justices only answered four …
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Catholics hold a Supreme Court majority. How does faith affect decisions?
30 Sep 2025 09:31 GMT
… the Court.”
Today’s Supreme Court, controlled by justices more solidly conservative than … votes to uphold the death penalty.
“For me, death penalty cases drive home the … of the dissent – and of Justice Scalia’s dissents in later cases …
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'The cases swung, not me': Ex-Justice Kennedy reflects on a changing Supreme Court
27 Sep 2025 23:08 GMT
… are…sigh, pretty boring.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, however, has written … with his conservative colleague, Justice Antonin Scalia.
Gay marriage decision
Starting … should be eligible for the death penalty, but later changed his mind …
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Barrett says thinking about Supreme Court as ‘Left and Right’ is wrong
05 Sep 2025 04:02 GMT
… Justice Amy Coney Barrett pushed back on partisan portrayals of the Supreme Court … ,” quoting the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
A turbulent path … said of her later Supreme Court confirmation. “Someone very … her views on the death penalty, which she has …
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The justices return — and so do the relists
10 Oct 2025 18:35 GMT
… cases, an echo of Justice Antonin Scalia’s reference to “ … justice is interested in the case, and the odds of Supreme Court … the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act by being … the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act’s deferential …
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As justices confront harassment, death threats, Barrett says "I'm not afraid"
05 Oct 2025 11:07 GMT
… to originalism when she read Justice Scalia's opinions in … thing that was important to Justice Scalia is fidelity to his … Barrett, an example is the death penalty. She upholds it as … Control of the United States Supreme Court" (Penguin Press), gained …
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All Litigation is Death Penalty Litigation
16 Jul 2025 05:31 GMT
… courts—including the Supreme Court—to stay their executions. Death penalty litigation goes in … post-conviction evidence, and yet Justice Scalia’s response then should echo … circumstances of Herrera’s case. Justice Scalia—and Thomas—concurred, but noted …
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SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett Promotes Book, Shares Insight on Decisions Barrett hopes to encourage familiarity about the court and evoke trust in the court
25 Sep 2025 10:12 GMT
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s reputation has taken … the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. She … her book which shows Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia (who she clerked for … to the death penalty. But I sit on death penalty cases, and …