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• March 30, 2026

  Sotomayor Says Court Let Wrongful Murder Conviction Stand

  A man serving life in prison for a 1998 Louisiana murder was unfairly denied a writ of certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, despite the fact that his co-defendant had his conviction vacated when bringing up the same favorable evidence, dissenting justices said.

• March 30, 2026

  Navajo Nation Fears For Voting Rights With SAVE America Act

  A Navajo Nation committee has passed legislation that formally establishes the tribe's opposition to the SAVE America Act over concerns that the legislation will disproportionately affect Indigenous communities across the country, including a significant blow to elders who often lack birth certificates.

• March 27, 2026

  Up Next At High Court: Birthright Citizenship, Arbitration

  The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its March oral arguments session by hearing a nationwide class's blockbuster challenge to President Donald Trump's limited view of birthright citizenship, as well as a dispute over federal courts' authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards in cases they've formerly overseen.

• March 26, 2026

  Groups Can't Undo Deal Paying El Salvador To Jail Deportees

  A D.C. federal judge has tossed immigrant advocacy groups' bid to vacate the United States' deal with El Salvador to imprison deported noncitizens in exchange for money, finding that they lacked standing since vacatur wouldn't stop deportation as the power to remove is grounded under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

• March 25, 2026

  Wash. Panel Revives Prison Drug Swab Suit

  A Washington state appeals court has partially revived a lawsuit brought by incarcerated people who claim their constitutional rights were violated by prison officials who used tests known to produce false positives to enforce a random drug testing policy inside state prisons.

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