It's #SCOTUS opinion day!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Informed sources say:

It's #SCOTUS opinion day!

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I'll be watching the news to see if anything of interest shows up.

ETA: Ooof, a bunch of opinions, each suitable for a thread in LBN. Someone, this is your cue. From Google News:

Supreme Court blocks death sentence over racial bias

USA TODAY - ‎27 minutes ago‎

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court blocked the execution of a Texas murderer Wednesday because of racially discriminatory testimony presented by his own defense team. The 6-2 ruling was the second in the court's new term to overturn a death sentence ...

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Supreme Court orders new hearing for black Texas inmate

mySanAntonio.com - ‎48 minutes ago‎

The Supreme Court has ordered a new court hearing for a black Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about his race tainted his death sentence. The justices voted 6-2 Wednesday in favor of inmate Duane Buck. Buck had tried for years to get ...

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US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of William Morva, who killed 2 in Blacksburg

Roanoke Times - ‎17 hours ago‎

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to review the case of Blacksburg killer William Charles Morva, who awaits execution on Virginia's death row. Court and prison officials will confer during the next few weeks on a date for his execution, according ...

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Supreme Court rejects use of 'racial stereotypes' in death penalty cases

Los Angeles Times - ‎6 minutes ago‎

The Supreme Court rejected the use of "racial stereotypes" in death penalty cases Wednesday, reopening the case of a black man in Texas who was sentenced to die after his jury was told African Americans are more likely than whites to commit crimes.

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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Virginia death row inmate

WRIC - ‎22 hours ago‎

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Virginia death row inmate who killed two people during an escape in 2006. William Morva argued that he should have been allowed to present evidence that he wouldn't pose a risk of ...

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Live blog of opinions | February 22, 2017

[Shrike47]

1. Usually they hand down opinions on Mondays, don't they?

[monmouth4]

2. Monday was celebrated as "President's Day."...n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. From a comment at SCOTUSblog:

Live blog of opinions | February 22, 2017

What would be the next likely opinion day after today?

by Rob 9:52 AM

Amy Howe
I think that we could easily get opinions next Tuesday, when the court is scheduled to hear oral arguments again.

9:52 AM

Amy Howe
When the justices are hearing arguments, they generally issue orders on the Monday of the week (assuming Monday isn't a holiday) and then opinions on Tuesday and/or Wednesday, depending on how many they have.

9:53 AM

{Responding to the Reply #2:} Monday's holiday was, in Fedspeak, Washington's Birthday. It's called a lot of different things in various jurisdictions. In Virginia, it's George Washington Day.