NEW: John Ramirez, a Texas death-row prisoner whose execution is tomorrow, has filed an emergency request at SCOTUS. He wants his pastor to audibly pray and physically touch him during the execution, but the state and two lower courts denied his request.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/21-5592/191515/20210907125457377_motion%20to%20stay%20filed%209721.pdf
New on SCOTUSblog: The Supreme Court cited procedural rules in refusing to block Texas' six-week abortion ban, but @lee_kovarsky writes that the court hasn't shown the same reticence when deciding whether to intervene in another area: the death penalty.
Abortion, the death penalty, and the shadow docket - SCOTUSblog
Lee Kovarsky is the Bryant Smith chair in law and co-director of Capital Punishment Center at the University of ...
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Far from the biggest SCOTUS news today, but the court has canceled the Nov. 9 oral argument in Pivotal Software v. Superior Court of California (a case involving a procedural issue in securities litigation). The parties have reached an agreement in principle to settle the case.
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The emergency request on the Texas abortion ban was the first major abortion test for the court since the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg a year ago. Ginsburg’s replacement by Amy Coney Barrett was likely decisive in the 5-4 outcome. More from @AHoweBlogger:
Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion ban in place - SCOTUSblog
Nearly 24 hours after a Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state went into effect, the Supreme Co...
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BREAKING: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS TEXAS ABORTION BAN TO REMAIN IN EFFECT.
The court rejects emergency request to block the law, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy in defiance of Roe v. Wade. The law took effect 24 hours ago. Opinions here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a24_8759.pdf
