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Georgia man sentenced to death challenges state’s striking of Black jurors

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Kentucky , the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to strike jurors in a criminal trial because of their race. Kentucky under Section 2254(d)(1).

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US judge declines to pause challenge to Alabama law criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors

JURIST

Burke dismissed the government’s motion without prejudice, noting that a stay may be appropriate if the Eleventh Circuit or Supreme Court take up these cases. This case had already made its way up to the Eleventh Circuit when the court ruled that the ban could go into effect.

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