John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Petitioner v. Joseph Clifton Smith *** capital case ***

  1. May 21, 2026

    Justices Remain Unresolved On Execution IQ Limits

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to rule on a case challenging limits on executing people whose IQ test results indicate they may have intellectual disabilities, leaving justices at odds months after oral arguments over how courts should weigh such test scores.

  2. June 06, 2025

    High Court Says Software Glitch Led To Early Order List Drop

    An "apparent software malfunction" caused the U.S. Supreme Court's order list to be issued early Friday, orders in which the justices granted certiorari in four cases and refused to take up a long list of other ones, including cases centered on Pennsylvania's election system and the Obama Presidential Center.