SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

As a statistical matter , a case that the Supreme Court repeatedly relists is more likely to be the subject of an opinion respecting denial or — where existing precedent is clear — a summary reversal or vacatur. Case in point: Texas v. Texas , a capital case from the Lone Star State. Texas , 21-6001.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Texas , involving allegations that a racially biased juror, who commented during voir dire that “non-white” races were statistically more violent than whites, served on petitioner Kristopher Love’s capital sentencing jury. Texas , 21-6001. A short explanation of relists is available here. Goertz , 21-442. relisted after the Feb.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Wednesday’s argument in Dobbs , which involves a Mississippi ban on almost all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy, comes 30 days after the court heard arguments in another consequential abortion controversy: a pair of challenges to a six-week abortion ban that took effect in Texas on Sept. Stare decisis and the Kavanaugh test.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

In one case, Breyer agreed with the court’s conservative wing to uphold the display; in the other, he sided with the court’s liberals to strike down the display. Perry involved a monument inscribed with the commandments on the grounds of the Texas state capitol. The court left S.B. Van Orden v.

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