Justice Kagan comments on “deeply conservative” court

Readers in the Washington, D.C., area may know that the Marine Corps Marathon will take place on Saturday. What may come as a surprise to even them, however, is that Clarence Thomas is among its “famous finishers.” He ran the race in 1980 – 11 years before he joined the Supreme Court – and clocked an impressive time of 3:11:00, according to the event website. (Thanks to Mark Walsh for sharing this discovery with the SCOTUStoday team.)

At the Court​

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court denied a request for a stay of execution from William Reaves, who was sentenced to death for the 1986 murder of Richard Raczkoski. Hours later, Reaves was executed in Florida.

Three cities and a group that provides legal services to immigrants have asked the Supreme Court to pause an agreement between Texas and the Department of Justice that prevents enforcement of a Biden-era rule allowing immigration judges to pause certain deportation proceedings. Responses to the application are due tomorrow by 4 p.m. EDT.

On Sept. 28, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to implement its new policy on healthcare for transgender inmates, which would prevent such inmates from obtaining gender-transition surgeries, hormone therapy, and “social accommodations.” The dispute is now fully briefed, and the court’s decision could come at any time.

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