Deadline: Legal Blog

Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s attempt to conduct nitrogen gas execution

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch voted to side with the state.

Jordan Rubin

Jackson accuses Barrett majority of turning ‘a deaf ear’ in legal interpretation

A ruling on Thursday marked the latest example of the different interpretive approaches among the Republican and Democratic appointees.

Jordan Rubin

Plaintiffs call UFC 250 event a ‘volcano of corruption’ in bid to halt White House fights

“The images it generates will one day appear in the history books — and not in the chapters about times remembered fondly,” they said in a court filing.

Jordan Rubin

Trump cites Biden, Obama, Beyoncé and Elton John in defense of UFC 250 event

“No one raised a cavil at the Biden ice-rink or Elton John stage,” the administration said in its opposition to a bid to halt the planned cage fights.

Jordan Rubin

One word in a judge’s opinion sums up why Todd Blanche shouldn’t be attorney general

In the ruling dismissing Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s indictment as vindictive, the judge deemed Blanche’s investigation “tainted.”

Jordan Rubin

Trump’s ‘big lie’ defamation appeal against CNN is coming to the Supreme Court

The president’s personal docket is growing at the high court. He has been losing in the lower courts in rulings from his own appointees.

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Why Sotomayor voted against a defendant but was still troubled by a ‘problematic’ process

The justice struck out on her own to criticize how Mississippi handled an appeal in a case of alleged discrimination in jury selection.

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Lawsuit seeks to halt ‘corrupt’ UFC event at the White House on Trump’s birthday

The plaintiffs said they brought the case to “uphold the rule of law” and “protect our nation’s most cherished monuments from corrupt exploitation.”

Jordan Rubin