Death Penalty: There is another execution scheduled later this month, but here is more on the first one Justice Jackson was involved in (no comment). It took place hours late without much clarity on why. It seems like they had issues (though a statement suggested otherwise) with the procedure. Recall the victims' children opposed the execution.
Orders: There were three 8/10 orders, two requests for stays and a "motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari" for one of them. All were rejected without comment. Here's a SCOTUSBlog case page for one and an article about the cases. It's some financial related matter.
Garland: The latest in the Trump drama underlines the number of things he did wrong. Colbert even had a great image -- a game show with a wheel of Trump crimes, and you have to guess what one is involved now.
Anyway, the latest involves something that actually (since leaks is not really thing -- to be a fly on the wall there to see how things are different now than under Sessions/Barr) ongoing for a while now. It involves Trump allegedly taking classified documents with him to his (as one op-ed called it) "winter palace." This led this week to a search of Mar-a-Lago this week that got Republicans in a tizzy about how HORRIBLE it is.
The whole thing was over the top "above the law" that really looked bad when the latest reports (wherever the leak came from -- often it is from the defense side) is that documents related to nuclear materials were included. Whatever is involved, the foreign criminal types the Trump crew deal with suggests what is at stake here.
And, Attorney General Merrick Garland in a workmanlike, principled, from what it appears skillful way [even if you can find some fault], continues to handle it all. You know what? MAYBE, one reason he was nominated for SCOTUS is that he was a good choice, full stop. Don't worry. The usual suspects will continue to find a reason to sneer at him.