John Paul Stevens
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Smart Enough to Die
In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.
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Possession Not a Passport to Deportation
Supremes rule that deportation isn’t automatic
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Death Row Inmates’ Sentences Overturned
Supremes overturn death sentences of three Texas inmates, sending them back to state courts and calling into question the death sentences of dozens of other inmates
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Supremes Weigh In on ‘Partial-Birth’ Abortion
Supremes recently heard oral arguments in two cases that ask whether federal law banning so-called partial-birth abortion should be allowed to stand – even though it lacks any exception to protect life of the mother
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Supremes Navigate Water Law
What is a navigable waterway? Court’s latest weighing of limits of Clean Water Act portends future of additional regulatory battles and likely talk of amending the act
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Author? Author?
Who really wrote Shakespeare’s plays? In ‘The Beard of Avon,’ Amy Freed plays the question for laughs.
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Take That!: Supremes Allow Takings for Development
Effect on notable local cases still uncertain