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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, 'Lovely One,' at Apollo Theater
Read full article: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, 'Lovely One,' at Apollo TheaterIn one of her first public appearances on behalf of her memoir, “Lovely One,” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson avoided naming names or pointing fingers.
Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice
Read full article: Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justiceThe Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights.
Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case
Read full article: Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race caseThe Supreme Court has taken a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions.
Senate confirms Michelle Childs to DC appeals court
Read full article: Senate confirms Michelle Childs to DC appeals courtThe U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs to sit on the federal court typically seen as a proving ground for the nation’s highest bench.
Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retiree
Read full article: Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retireeUntil last week when he swore in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer had a rigorous, intellectually challenging job with the highest of stakes.
Supreme Court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison terms
Read full article: Supreme Court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison termsThe Supreme Court has made it easier for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal law aimed at reducing racial disparities in prison terms for cocaine crimes.
Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship
Read full article: Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorshipA divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.
Supreme Court rules against inmates in right-to-counsel case
Read full article: Supreme Court rules against inmates in right-to-counsel caseThe Supreme Court has ruled along ideological lines against two Arizona death row inmates who had argued that their lawyers did a poor job representing them in state court.
Supreme Court rules against Boston in Christian flag case
Read full article: Supreme Court rules against Boston in Christian flag caseA unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that Boston violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist when it refused his request to fly a Christian flag on a flagpole outside City Hall.
Justices limit discrimination claims for emotional distress
Read full article: Justices limit discrimination claims for emotional distressThe Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a deaf and legally blind woman against a physical therapy business that wouldn’t provide an American Sign Language interpreter for her appointments.
Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to Breyer
Read full article: Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to BreyerThe fertile mind of Justice Stephen Breyer has conjured a stream of hypothetical questions through the years that have, in the words of a colleague, “befuddled” lawyers and justices alike.
AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmation
Read full article: AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmationMore Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided.
Cheers for Jackson, who declares, 'We've made it, all of us'
Read full article: Cheers for Jackson, who declares, 'We've made it, all of us'Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.
Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice
Read full article: Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justiceThe Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
Murkowski, Romney back Jackson, all but assure confirmation
Read full article: Murkowski, Romney back Jackson, all but assure confirmationRepublican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s nominee a new burst of bipartisan support to become the first Black woman on the high court.
With at least one GOP vote, Jackson likely to be confirmed
Read full article: With at least one GOP vote, Jackson likely to be confirmedMaine Sen. Susan Collins says she'll vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Justices cast doubt on Texas immunity claim in vet's lawsuit
Read full article: Justices cast doubt on Texas immunity claim in vet's lawsuitThe Supreme Court is casting doubt on Texas’ claim that it can’t be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.
Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
Read full article: Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from casesReports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case.
Democrats appear united on Jackson; GOP votes may be elusive
Read full article: Democrats appear united on Jackson; GOP votes may be elusiveDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin has announced his intention to support the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, pushing her one step closer to confirmation.
High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race case
Read full article: High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race caseJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson says that if confirmed to the Supreme Court she’d sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvard’s admission policies because she sits on the board of her college alma mater.
Jackson heading for likely confirmation despite GOP darts
Read full article: Jackson heading for likely confirmation despite GOP dartsJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning about her sentencing of criminal defendants on Wednesday, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge.
Jackson pushes back at GOP critics, defends judicial record
Read full article: Jackson pushes back at GOP critics, defends judicial recordSupreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday, pushing back on Republican assertions that she would be soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the high court.
History-making Jackson set for Senate hearing for high court
Read full article: History-making Jackson set for Senate hearing for high courtJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, is going before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the path to her historic confirmation seemingly clear.
Ketanji Brown Jackson's Guantanamo clients an issue for GOP
Read full article: Ketanji Brown Jackson's Guantanamo clients an issue for GOPPresident Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will face sharp questions from Republican lawmakers this coming week about the work she did as a public defender representing four Guantanamo Bay detainees.
How to get on the Supreme Court? Smile a lot, speak a little
Read full article: How to get on the Supreme Court? Smile a lot, speak a littleWhen presidents nominate a candidate to serve on the Supreme Court, they often ask an experienced Washington hand to help shepherd that candidate through the Senate confirmation process.
High court sides with government in Gitmo state secrets case
Read full article: High court sides with government in Gitmo state secrets caseThe Supreme Court has sided with the U.S. government and dismissed a case involving a Guantanamo Bay detainee seeking what the government said is secret information.
Justices allow new defense of blocked Kentucky abortion law
Read full article: Justices allow new defense of blocked Kentucky abortion lawThe Supreme Court has ruled that Kentucky’s Republican attorney general may continue defending a restriction on abortion rights that had been struck down by lower courts.
Democrats see 'no reason to wait' on Supreme Court vote
Read full article: Democrats see 'no reason to wait' on Supreme Court voteSupreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has begun courting senators on Capitol Hill, making her case for confirmation in private meetings as Democrats worked to move her nomination through the Senate within weeks.
Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience
Read full article: Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experienceThe judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes.
EXPLAINER: What's ahead for Biden's Supreme Court nominee
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What's ahead for Biden's Supreme Court nomineePresident Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the court’s first Black woman.
High court wades into clash over Trump-era immigration rule
Read full article: High court wades into clash over Trump-era immigration ruleThe Supreme Court is wading into a political clash between the Biden administration and Republican-led states seeking to defend a signature Trump-era immigration rule that the new administration has abandoned.
Whisper campaigns grow as Biden nears choice for high court
Read full article: Whisper campaigns grow as Biden nears choice for high courtThe whispers and chatter about top contenders for the Supreme Court are growing as President Joe Biden zeroes in on a nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
Luján plans return to Senate in weeks for Supreme Court vote
Read full article: Luján plans return to Senate in weeks for Supreme Court voteDemocratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján, who's recovering from a stroke, says he plans to be back at work in the Senate in “just a few short weeks” so he can vote on President Joe Biden’s forthcoming nominee for the Supreme Court.
High court's Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rights
Read full article: High court's Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rightsThe Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election has sparked fresh warnings that the court is eroding the Voting Rights Act and reviving the need for Congress to intervene.
Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschool
Read full article: Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschoolWhen Ketanji Brown Jackson’s younger daughter was 11, she drafted a letter to President Barack Obama suggesting her federal-judge mom for a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court shouldn't be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers say
Read full article: Supreme Court shouldn't be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers sayDemocratic Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham say it'd be good if the person named to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn’t have an Ivy League degree.