5 d. ago Supreme Court will hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were shaved by guards in violation of his religious beliefs

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9 d. ago The US supreme court just undermined gender equality | Moira Donegan

The Skrmetti decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on transition-related healthcare for minors deprives children and batters the 14th amendmentBy now, it is a ritual: every June, Americans endure several weeks of agonizing suspense, as we wait to hear how the supreme court will erode our freedoms, attack our dignity, undermine self-government and empower those who enrich themselves at our expense. The court, controlled by career politicians in robes who were hand-selected for their loyalty to the rightwing and their willingness to be wildly intellectually dishonest in pursuit of Republican policy objectives, has ended the right to abortion, desiccated the Voting Rights Act, made state gun regulations nearly impossible and declared the president functionally immune to criminal law. Many of us waited, with a mixture and terror and disgust, to see what cruelties the court would deliver for us in 2025.The justices decided to start by attacking vulnerable children. In a 6-3 split, the court...

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1 week ago Supreme Court to hear appeal from Chevron in landmark Louisiana coastal damage lawsuits

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Chevron, Exxon and other oil and gas companies that lawsuits seeking compensation for coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana should be heard in federal court

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2 w. ago Tennessee prison riot contained after several hours; 3 inmates and 1 guard injured

A private correctional company says inmates at a Tennessee prison destroyed property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took hours to contain and caused minor injuries to three inmates and one guard

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3 w. ago Supreme Court to hear Alabama appeal in push to execute intellectually disabled man

The inmate killed a man by beating him to death with a hammer and saw.

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3 w. ago Supreme Court will hear Alabama appeal in bid to execute man found to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled

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3 w. ago Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado

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