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Oklahoma carries out its first execution of 2024
Update: The state killed Michael Smith on Thursday. Also: The Fifth Circuit hears a second argument over Texas's S.B. 4 criminal immigration law.
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Chris Geidner
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Texas is fighting to end federal immigration supremacy
The state's GOP leaders hope that a Trump-infused judiciary will back their efforts. Also: Tennessee lawmakers passed an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill.
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Chris Geidner
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Fifth Circuit keeps Texas's S.B. 4 blocked, stating it "appears to run headlong into federal law"
Chief Judge Priscilla Richman detailed how Texas's criminal immigration law conflicts with federal law, saying it's likely a "quintessential" case for…
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Chris Geidner
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Texas's S.B. 4 immigration enforcement law appears likely to remain on hold for now
Chief Judge Priscilla Richman of the Fifth Circuit, a George W. Bush appointee, was skeptical of Texas's arguments to enforce the law immediately.
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Chris Geidner
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Fifth Circuit puts Texas's S.B. 4 immigration law on hold, yet again
The appeals court is next holding a hearing March 20 on whether to keep the law on hold. This flurry of action followed SCOTUS allowing the law to go…
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Chris Geidner
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It isn't Justice Sam Alito's court — but Monday was about his far-right extremism
The Supreme Court's extreme decisions lead to more extremism — from justices, lower courts, and lawyers.
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Chris Geidner
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Texas asks SCOTUS to let it enforce its new immigration criminal law during appeal
The Fifth Circuit allowed Texas to do so. Will SCOTUS stop them? Also: The Eleventh Circuit said a detective might not get qualified immunity in a…
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Chris Geidner
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A Fifth Circuit immigration order lays bare a conservative divide on the appeals court
It's "mad vibes" judges v. legal conservatives in a sign of just how far right the federal appeals court has gone that covers Louisiana, Mississippi…
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Chris Geidner
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Five justices still say the feds control border decisions. But only five.
The dissenting justices wanted us to know this was a 5-4 vote. Also: The justices finally announced that they will be hearing Richard Glossip's…
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Chris Geidner
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An unusually high-spirited day at the Supreme Court. (Laughter.)
In cases over the Double Jeopardy Clause and review of deportation decisions, Georgia and DOJ are likely to lose. But also, a possibility of something…
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Chris Geidner
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From SCOTUS to Florida, two different lessons about humanity and immigration law
Justice Jackson put humanity at the fore in Santos-Zacaria v. Garland. Judge Wetherell did not in a case brought by Florida over what follows Title 42.
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Chris Geidner
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SCOTUS conservatives score another law-free win — and even Neil Gorsuch thinks they're overdoing it
Plus: George Santos is really something else. And: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown names her high court picks. One is a former public defender.
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Chris Geidner
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