Justices issue orders on murder-for-hire case involving social media influencer, the role of race in seizing persons, and the execution of a Texas man claiming ... (opens in new tab)

Over a dissent by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court on Monday sent the case of a Texas woman convicted of hiring someone to commit murder back to the lower court for another look\. And its denial of review in two other criminal cases drew written dissents – one from Alito, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, in a case involving the role of race in whether someone has been “seized” for purposes of the Fourth Amendment, and another by the court’s three Democratic appointees in the case of ...