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Supreme Court Rules Wesley Purkey’s Federal Execution May Proceed

The court order grants the government’s request to lift a court order that had blocked Purkey’s execution, originally scheduled for Wednesday night. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan disagreed in opinion 5-4. United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued an injunction on Wednesday prohibiting the …

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Trump weakens the National Environmental Policy Act

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce proposed setbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act regulations in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on January 9, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump finalized on Wednesday a reversal of the country’s environmental law, the …

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