Chronological coverage of every Litigation Logic post tagged Samuel Alito.
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May 29, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit Order, Preserves Mifepristone Telehealth Access
The Supreme Court stayed a Fifth Circuit order that had reinstated in-person mifepristone dispensing rules, preserving telehealth access while litigation continues below.
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May 27, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Strikes Louisiana’s Second Majority-Black District as Racial Gerrymander
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais holds that Louisiana’s remedial majority-Black district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, reshaping VRA redistricting law nationwide.
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May 27, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Dismisses Hamm v. Smith, Leaving Atkins IQ Standards Unresolved
The Supreme Court dismissed Hamm v. Smith as improvidently granted, leaving federal courts without guidance on how to weigh cumulative IQ scores in Atkins capital cases.
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May 25, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Shadow Docket Delivers Split Outcomes on Redistricting and Mifepristone
The Supreme Court’s May 2026 shadow docket denied redistricting stays and halted a Fifth Circuit mifepristone dispensing order, with Thomas and Alito dissenting.
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May 23, 2026Legal News
GOP States Race to Redraw Maps After Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act
After the Supreme Court’s April 29 Callais ruling gutted VRA Section 2, GOP states are redrawing maps before 2026 primaries, with Florida eyeing four new Republican seats.
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May 22, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Callais Judgment, Clearing Path for Louisiana Redistricting
The Supreme Court waived its normal reconsideration window to immediately finalize Louisiana v. Callais, clearing the state to postpone its May 16 primaries for redistricting.
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May 22, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit Order Restoring Mifepristone In-Person Requirement
The Supreme Court stayed the Fifth Circuit’s May 1 order reimposing in-person mifepristone rules, preserving telehealth access nationwide while appeals proceed. Thomas and Alito dissented.
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May 22, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Freezes 5th Circuit Order Blocking Mail-Order Mifepristone
The Supreme Court indefinitely froze a 5th Circuit ruling that would have ended mail-order mifepristone access, as Alito and Thomas dissented and the Comstock Act emerged as a new front.
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May 22, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Invalidates Louisiana’s Second Majority-Black District in VRA Ruling
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais narrows VRA Section 2 remedies, invalidating a majority-Black district and triggering Southern redistricting moves.
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May 21, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Stays 5th Circuit Order Reinstating Mifepristone Dispensing Requirement
The Supreme Court blocked a 5th Circuit order that would have reinstated in-person mifepristone dispensing rules, with Thomas invoking the Comstock Act in dissent.
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May 21, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Sidesteps Alabama Death Penalty IQ Case in 5-4 DIG
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 DIG in Hamm v. Smith bars Alabama from executing Joseph Smith but leaves Atkins v. Virginia exposed to future challenge.
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May 19, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Rewrites VRA Section 2, Requires Proof of Intentional Discrimination
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais replaces the VRA’s results-based standard with an intent requirement, rewriting 40 years of voting-rights precedent.
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May 19, 2026Legal News
States Sprint to Redraw Maps After Supreme Court Guts VRA Section 2
The Supreme Court’s Callais ruling gutted VRA Section 2, triggering immediate map rewrites in Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama, and canceling a Mississippi special session.
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May 17, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Limits VRA Section 2 in Louisiana Redistricting Ruling
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais narrows VRA Section 2, striking down Louisiana’s majority-Black district and reshaping redistricting law across the South.
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May 17, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Accelerates Louisiana Voting Rights Ruling, Clearing Path to Redistricting
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to immediately activate its April 29 Louisiana racial-gerrymander ruling, forcing the state to redraw its congressional map before the 2026 midterms.
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May 17, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Stays 5th Circuit Order Restoring Mifepristone Dispensing Rules
The Supreme Court stayed a 5th Circuit order that would have ended mail-order mifepristone access, with Thomas invoking the Comstock Act in a notable dissent.
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May 16, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit Mifepristone Ruling, Preserving Telehealth Access
The Supreme Court stayed the Fifth Circuit’s mifepristone telehealth ban on May 14, preserving mail-order access while two justices raised the Comstock Act as a future threat.
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May 16, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit Order on Mifepristone Dispensing Rules
The Supreme Court stayed a Fifth Circuit order reinstating in-person mifepristone rules, preserving telehealth access while signaling Comstock Act tensions ahead.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court’s *Callais* Ruling Rewrites the Voting Rights Act’s Core Standard
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais replaces the Voting Rights Act’s effects-based test with an intent requirement, upending four decades of redistricting law.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Blocks Fifth Circuit Order Restricting Mail-Order Mifepristone Access
The Supreme Court stayed a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have banned mail-order mifepristone, with seven justices granting relief and Alito dissenting in sharp terms.
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May 14, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Majority-Black District, Guts VRA Section 2
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais strikes down a majority-Black district and sharply limits VRA Section 2, triggering redistricting efforts across several Republican-led states.
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May 14, 2026Legal News
Fifth Circuit Blocks Mifepristone Telehealth Access; Supreme Court Intervenes
A Fifth Circuit panel reinstated mifepristone’s in-person dispensing rule nationwide; Justice Alito issued successive emergency stays as the full Supreme Court deliberated.
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May 6, 2026Legal Filing
5th Circuit Orders FDA to Reinstate Mifepristone In-Person Requirement
The Fifth Circuit ordered the FDA to reinstate in-person mifepristone dispensing on May 1, 2026; the Supreme Court stayed the ruling three days later.
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May 6, 2026Legal Filing
Alito Issues One-Week Stay Blocking Fifth Circuit Mifepristone Ruling
Justice Alito issued a one-week administrative stay on May 4, 2026, blocking a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have banned mail-order mifepristone access nationwide.