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Supreme Court Appears Poised to Limit Inmates’ Ability to Sue Federal Officials

Justices signaled they could narrow or erase a judge-created damages remedy, leaving Congress or the Federal Tort Claims Act to provide accountability.

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Tennessee Execution Fails After Repeated IV Attempts and Prisoner Survives Two Pentobarbital Doses

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Supreme Court Preserves Block on Ending Gender‑Affirming Care in Federal Prisons

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DeSantis Withdraws Death Warrant for 74-Year-Old William Thompson

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Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Allow Ban on Gender‑Affirming Care in Federal Prisons

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Federal Judge Says Kennedy v. Louisiana May No Longer Control, Setting Up High‑Court Fight

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Supreme Court Lets Lower Rulings Bar Alabama Execution in IQ Dispute

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Supreme Court Takes Up Alabama Case Testing IQ-Only Bar to Death Penalty Protections

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Florida Executes David Pittman, Pushing 2025 Total to 12 and Leading the Nation

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Alaska Pilot Asks Supreme Court To Review Plane Forfeiture Over Six-Pack Seizure

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Judge Declares Texas Prison Heat Conditions Unconstitutional, Trial to Determine Remedies

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Mississippi’s Felon Voting Ban

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Bryan Kohberger's Defense Challenges Death Penalty in Idaho Murders Case

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Federal Court Rejects Alex Murdaugh's Appeal of 40-Year Sentence

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Gavin Newsom's Aggressive Homelessness Policy Faces Criticism and Praise

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South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Methods

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Mississippi's Felon Voting Ban

Eighth Amendment

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Limit Inmates’ Ability to Sue Federal Officials

Tennessee Execution Fails After Repeated IV Attempts and Prisoner Survives Two Pentobarbital Doses

Supreme Court Preserves Block on Ending Gender‑Affirming Care in Federal Prisons

DeSantis Withdraws Death Warrant for 74-Year-Old William Thompson

Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Allow Ban on Gender‑Affirming Care in Federal Prisons

Judge Orders Texas Prisons to Be Air‑Conditioned by End of 2029

ICE Buys Electric Shock Gloves as California Moves to Bar Their Use

Supreme Court to Decide If Alaska Could Seize Pilot’s Plane Over a Six‑Pack

Federal Judge Says Kennedy v. Louisiana May No Longer Control, Setting Up High‑Court Fight

Supreme Court Lets Lower Rulings Bar Alabama Execution in IQ Dispute

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Supreme Court Takes Up Alabama Case Testing IQ-Only Bar to Death Penalty Protections

Florida Executes David Pittman, Pushing 2025 Total to 12 and Leading the Nation

Alaska Pilot Asks Supreme Court To Review Plane Forfeiture Over Six-Pack Seizure

Judge Declares Texas Prison Heat Conditions Unconstitutional, Trial to Determine Remedies

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Mississippi’s Felon Voting Ban

Bryan Kohberger's Defense Challenges Death Penalty in Idaho Murders Case

Federal Court Rejects Alex Murdaugh's Appeal of 40-Year Sentence

Gavin Newsom's Aggressive Homelessness Policy Faces Criticism and Praise

South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Methods

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Mississippi's Felon Voting Ban

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