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SCOTUSblog is devoted to comprehensively covering the U.S. Supreme Court—without bias and according to the highest journalistic and legal ethical standards. The blog is provided as a public service and is sponsored by Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. The blog generally reports on every merits case before the Court at least three times: prior to argument; after argument; and after the decision. In certain cases, we invite the advocates to record summaries of their arguments for podcasts. The blog notes all of the non-pauper cert. petitions that seek to raise a legal question which in Tom Goldstein’s view may interest the Justices; Lyle Denniston gives additional coverage to particularly significant petitions. For the merits cases and the petitions we cover, we provide access to all the briefs. In addition, . . .

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  1. Opinion recap: Saying little on retroactivity

    Analysis Amid signs that the ruling was a very easy one to reach, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the state of Michigan to deny a man accused of murder a legal defense that he previously had but then lost at a second trial.  Allowing the withdrawal of...

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