Christa Pike’s Botched Execution Was Even More Gruesome Than We’ve Been Led to BelieveLast week, six members of the United States Supreme Court blessed a cruel and unusual horror show at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.Slate13h agoWhole story →Justicebotched execution
Anti-Abortion Activists Finally Overreached at the Supreme CourtAbortion is back at the Supreme Court.Slate17h agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesupreme court abortion case
One Vulnerable Group Is Again in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs More Than OthersAcross those cases, a troubling pattern emerges.Slate17h agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesupreme court cases
LGBTQ+ people are again in the Supreme Court's crosshairs.Across those cases, a troubling pattern emerges.Slate17h agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesupreme court term begins
The Supreme Court’s Shattered Precedents Are Coming Back to Haunt ItIt will not be the last time we see how hard it is to pick up all the pieces.Slate18h agoWhole story →Justicesupreme court term
The GOP Killed His District. He’s Not Giving Up.The state’s only majority Black district was erased after Callais—all the more reason to run.Slate2d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeredistricting controversy
SCOTUS Ignored the Horrors of Lethal Injection. After Christa Pike, Will We Continue to Let Them?Corinna Barrett Lain on lethal injection's secrets and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on a captured court.Slate4d agoWhole story →Justice
Supreme Court takes blockbuster case of the term.On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted what is sure to be the blockbuster case of its 2026–27 term.Slate6d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesupreme court immigration case