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In response to the recent CIA torture report, Justice Scalia argued against a blanket ban on torture and declared that nothing in the Constitution prohibits torture.
Later this term, the Supreme Court will revisit the issue of life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.
By refusing to review a 9th Circuit decision, the Supreme Court left in place an injunction blocking enforcement of an Arizona law that limits use of a popular abortion drug.
By refusing to review another 9th Circuit decision, the Court rejected Arizona’s refusal to issue driver’s licenses to eligible undocumented immigrants.
The Court may have to settle a dispute between the Great Plains states, as Oklahoma and Nebraska sue Colorado over legalizing marijuana.
In Heien v. North Carolina, the Court held that the police did not violate a suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights when they searched his car subsequent to a stop that was based on their mistaken understanding of the law. What are the implications for our Fourth Amendment protections?
Will this be the Term for same-sex marriage? Robert Barnes of the Washington Post explores the issue.