June is always an exciting time at 1 First Street NE. The Justices always like to take their time on very important cases, which means they often get announced at the very end of the term. This week is the last week before the Justices leave for their three-​​​​month summer vacation, so it is time to announce all the big decisions that are still pending. One of the cases announced today, Kennedy v. Louisiana, asked the court whether it was consti­tu­tional, under the 8th Amendment, to put a man to death for raping a young child. Louisiana had a statute that provided for death [ . . . ]

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