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The 'shadow docket' further erodes the Supreme Court's legitimacy

The 'shadow docket' further erodes the Supreme Court's legitimacy

[html]By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court cleared the way last week for Alabama to execute Alan Miller, who killed three men in a 1999 workplace rampage. The court ruling came around 9 p.m. Thursday, about three hours before Miller's death warrant was set to expire. In a turn of events, the state wasn't able to execute Miller before midnight because prison officials couldn't access his vein to administer the lethal injection.[/html]

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