Supreme Court

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A California Court of Appeals upheld her conviction, and she has appealed to the state Supreme Court.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Four years before Gregg, the Supreme Court had brought the death penalty to a halt in Furman v.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Two dozen Americans have flown to the moon, 116 have sat on the Supreme Court, 25 have run a mile in under 3:51 and 76 have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

After the couple's appeal failed, the case passed to Iran's Supreme Court, he said, describing the legal process as "opaque".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Allwright, the Supreme Court ended the use of the all-white primary election; and in 1946, the Court ruled that state laws requiring segregation on interstate buses were unconstitutional.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander