Supreme Court dismisses case on death penalty for inmates with intellectual disabilities

Supreme Court dismisses case on death penalty for inmates with intellectual disabilities – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court dismissed a case on the death penalty eligibility for inmates with intellectual disabilities. CBS News’ Jan Crawford reports. Source link

Supreme Court sides with US company in claims over property seized in Cuban revolution

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of owners of Cuban property that was confiscated by Fidel Castro’s government more than 65 years ago. By an 8-1 vote, the justices revived claims filed by a U.S. company, Havana Docks, that operated docks in the Cuban capital. The suit targets four cruise lines … Read more

Supreme Court dismisses bid to execute inmate with borderline intellectual disability

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Alabama’s bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murder who was found by lower courts to be intellectually disabled. The court’s action leaves in place lower court rulings in favor of Joseph Clifton Smith, 55, who has been on death row roughly half his life … Read more

Man accused of sparking Los Angeles’ deadly Palisades Fire appears in court ahead of arson trial

FILE – A tattered U.S. flag flaps in the wind over the remains of a mobile home park that was destroyed in the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 5, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file) The Associated Press Source link

The major cases the Supreme Court will decide in the coming weeks

Washington — The final weeks of the Supreme Court’s term are fast approaching, and the justices are poised to hand down decisions in some of its most significant cases before they go their separate ways for the summer. The high court has already struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and weakened the Voting Rights Act. … Read more

Republican-appointed Georgia Supreme Court justice fends off Democratic-backed challenger

Conservative Georgia Supreme Court Justice Sarah Warren won re-election on Tuesday, NBC News projects, fending off a Democratic-backed challenger in the battleground state. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Warren, who was appointed to Georgia’s top court by GOP Gov. Nathan Deal, defeated former state Sen. … Read more