The Supreme Court has also rejected a challenge to the use of a controversial sedative in executions. Three Oklahoma prisoners had sought a ban on midazolam, which has been tied to several botched or prolonged lethal injections. But a five-to-four majority rejected the inmates’ claim that the drug violates a ban on cruel and unusual punishment. In a dissent, Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested they’re prepared to deem the death penalty unconstitutional.