System Stacked Against Condemned Inmate, Other Black Defendants, Lawyers Say Attorneys for a man scheduled for execution on Thursday say his case was never fair and advocates say the federal death penalty always has targeted a disproportionate number of Black men. Carrie Johnson
Louisville Police Officer Shot As Protests Erupt After Charges In Breonna Taylor Case Police officials offered no details about the shooting, which was announced at about 7:40 p.m. ET — shortly before a countywide curfew went into effect. Vanessa Romo
Trump Says He Expects Election Results To End Up At Supreme Court The president's pick for the Supreme Court to replace the recently-deceased Ruth Bader Ginsburg would shift the court's balance squarely to the right. Alana Wise
Rule Changes In Swing States Mean More Votes Will Count, Results May Take Longer Changes in Wisconsin and North Carolina mean absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day will count, if received within 6 and 9 days of the election respectively. Miles Parks
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Be Honored At The Supreme Court The Supreme Court is honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a private ceremony and then a public viewing today. Ginsburg died on Friday. She was 87,
Odds Tilt In Coney Barrett's Favor To Replace Ginsburg, Says Sen. Braun NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana about one of President Trump's potential choices for the Supreme Court vacancy: Amy Coney Barrett, who is also from Indiana.
What A Supreme Court Vacancy Might Mean For Abortion Cases NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Mary Ziegler, a law professor at Florida State University, about how the death of Justice Ginsburg could impact the remaining abortion cases headed to the Supreme Court.
Sen. Mitt Romney To Support A Vote On A SCOTUS Nominee Sen. Mitt Romney said he would support a floor vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court, essentially clinching consideration of Trump's nominee this year despite the impending election.
Republicans Will Attempt To Push Through A Supreme Court Nominee NPR's Noel King talks to Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation and former assistant to President Trump about the administration's strategy for picking the next Supreme Court justice.
How A Perpetrator's Race And Age Factor Into Who Is Executed The federal death penalty process is considered the "gold standard" in the justice system but evidence suggests it's plagued by racial disparities and ineffective legal representation. Carrie Johnson