Scotus in Brief

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The Supreme Court took these actions on Monday:


Upheld the rights of disabled people under a national law meant to protect them, ruling 5-4 that a paraplegic who crawled up the steps of a small-town courthouse can sue over the lack of an elevator.

_Refused to consider whether a California court improperly gave death row inmate Kevin Cooper a last-minute chance to avoid execution, to allow more DNA testing of evidence.

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_Upheld a law that allows federal prosecutors to pursue charges against people who bribe officials in state or city governments that receive federal funding.

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_Declined to consider whether Florida's death penalty sentencing system is unconstitutional, rejecting an appeal from a man convicted of killing a convenience clerk for $23 in 1981.

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