Herbert Smulls was pronounced dead four minutes before the justices in Washington denied his final stay. Did Missouri officials breach their ethical duties by permitting this to happen?
But instead he got a fair one, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.
At a technical, legal level, Donald Trump’s proposal to force Congress to adjourn doesn’t hold up.
President Obama’s new Supreme Court nominee called his work on the case “the most important thing I have ever done in my life.”
After oral argument, the third iteration of the president’s order targeting several Muslim-majority countries seems likely to stand.
The Court just stacked the deck in favor of parties over voters—and laid the groundwork for yet more polarization.