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Supreme Court Rejects Texas Standard For Mental Disability In Capital Cases

Posted on March 29, 2017 · The state has been using an unconstitutional, obsolete medical standard for determining whether convicted murderers are exempt from the death penalty because of mental deficiency, justices ruled.

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Video: President Obama Remarks On Immigration Executive Actions Ruling

Posted on June 23, 2016 · The court's 4-4 vote effectively kills Obama's plan to shield millions more immigrants in the U.S. illegally from deportation and grant them work permits.