The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a new court hearing for a black Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about his race tainted his death sentence. The justices voted 6-2 in favor of inmate Duane Buck.
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High Court appears split over whether Constitution extends to Mexican teen shot across the border
Local sports fans – the people who didn’t care about the debut of the Good Wife spinoff – had a decision to make Sunday night.
Supreme Court rejects Alabama death row appeal
The Supreme Court is freeing Alabama to try again to execute a convicted killer who has been on death row for more than 30 years. The justices on Tuesday turned down an appeal from inmate Tommy Arthur.
Roberts, Ginsburg speak, but not on Trumpa s high court pick –
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg steered clear of saying anything about President Donald Trump’s pick for a key high court post as they gave separate speeches Wednesday in Kentucky and Virginia. Roberts looked to the court’s past, not its future, during a speech at the University of Kentucky, one day after Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the high court.
BRIEF-Vermillion, Aspira Labs receive formal FDA clarification…
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Brazil’s BRF launches unit focused on Muslim food markets
Jan 4 BRF SA, the world’s largest poultry exporter, on Wednesday launched a unit focused on the Muslim poultry and processed foods market. In a securities filing, BRF said the Dubai-based unit has been renamed One Foods Holdings Ltd, from Sadia Halal, with the goal of building market share in Middle Eastern countries.
Trump ushers in a new age of deceit
On Friday, Donald Trump will place his left hand on a Bible, raise his right hand in the air, and, repeating after U.S. Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts, take the oath of the highest office in the land. It’s funny, in a dark sort of way, because the dude taking this solemn oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution is one of the most notorious liars our country has ever elected.