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November 12, 2024November 12, 2024by Milton DaltonIn Supreme Court

Supreme Court justices offer no explanation as they reject Mark Meadows bid to remove RICO case to federal court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied certiorari to former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in his long-running bid to move his Georgia racketeering (RICO) prosecution to federal court. In a slim, 5-page orders list, the nation’s high court listed the denial among dozens of others. Oftentimes, a small number of denied cases...

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November 5, 2024November 5, 2024by Milton DaltonIn Supreme Court

Thomas and Gorsuch signal willingness to rethink SCOTUS rulings about executing low-IQ inmates

Over the objection of Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief, unsigned order Monday that put on hold the execution of an intellectually disabled Alabama man convicted of murder. Joseph Clifton Smith is on death row for the 1997 murder of Durk Van Dam. According to evidence in the...