The U.S. Supreme Court decided three cases today and "nondecided" one.   All are civil cases.  For political junkies, Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute on federal statutory requirements for states pruning their voting rolls is interesting.  The court split 4-4 on Washington v. United States, having to do with fish, Indian treaties, and culvert design, with Justice Kennedy recused.

The Court took up no new cases for full argument and briefing.  Among the criminal cases on SCOTUSblog's petitions to watch list, one was sent back for reconsideration in light of last week's Hughes decision.  The rest are not on the list, which means they will be considered again in another conference. 

Among the apparent relists is Evans v. Mississippi, No. 17-7245, with this Question Presented:  "Whether the death penalty, in and of itself, violates the Eighth Amendment in light of contemporary standards of decency and the geographic arbitrariness of its imposition."  This case has been distributed for conference 13 times, an unlikely number for a case that the court is actually debating whether to take up.  More likely it is waiting for the finalization of an opinion dissenting from denial of certiorari. Perhaps Justice Breyer will treat us to another magnum opus assuming every disputed allegation in favor of the anti-death-penalty side, as he did in Glossip v. Gross a few years ago.