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Supreme Court to hear a case that could limit the EPA's power to fight climate change
Monday, February 28, 2022
The outcome of the case could also hamstring the authority of all agencies, from the EPA to the Securities and Exchange Commission to Federal Reserve Board.
Reactions to Biden's historic Supreme Court justice pick
Friday, February 25, 2022
President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday. She next faces the U.S. Senate in a confirmation process.
Biden is expected to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
Friday, February 25, 2022
President Biden is expected to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court to consider case pitting religious rights against LGBTQ discrimination
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
In 2017, the court heard a very similar challenge to Colorado's anti-discrimination law from a baker who objected to creating cakes for same-sex weddings.
Judge Michelle Childs, whose early life was shaped by gun violence, is on SCOTUS list
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Her meteoric rise in the last year has been due in part to her biggest supporter, South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the third ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Leondra Kruger, a star on California's high court, is on Biden's Supreme Court list
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
If there is a sleeping dog for Republicans to probe in her record, it is one of the 12 cases she argued during her years in the solicitor general's office.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, a judge who defies stereotypes, is on Biden's SCOTUS list
Monday, February 14, 2022
Judge Jackson also served for eight years as a federal trial court judge, and last June was confirmed for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Supreme Court lets Alabama use GOP-backed map of the state's congressional districts
Monday, February 07, 2022
The court's action came on an emergency appeal from Alabama, which challenged a decision by a three-judge federal court panel that included two Trump appointees.
Justice Breyer announced his retirement, and Biden spoke about who he'll nominate
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday. President Biden says he hasn't decided who will fill the vacancy, but says he will keep his promise to name a Black woman to the bench.
A look at Justice Stephen Breyer's time on the Supreme Court — and what comes next
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has announced his retirement after 40 years as a judge, 27 of them on the nation's high court. President Biden will have the opportunity to name his first justice.
Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Behind the scenes, Breyer, 83, pushed and prodded his fellow justices for consensus. His decision gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court.
The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list
Monday, January 24, 2022
With the court already having heard arguments this term on abortion and guns, this case marks yet another politically charged issue that threatens to uproot decades of legal doctrine.
The Supreme Court for a third time allows Texas to bar abortions after 6 weeks
Thursday, January 20, 2022
The court denied a request from abortion providers in the state to return the case to a judge who blocked Texas's six-week ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Supreme Court hears arguments on campaign finance law, issues statement on NPR report
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Three Supreme Court justices issued statements Wednesday addressing an NPR story about relations among the justices.
Supreme Court heard Cruz case about using post-election contributions to repay loans
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Republican Sen. Ted Cruz's bid to undo a provision limiting the amount of money candidates can be reimbursed for personal loans to their own campaigns.
Divisions at the U.S. Supreme Court are playing out in differences among the justices
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court hasn't been this divided in decades. Disagreements over masking, social issues and the Constitution itself are playing out among the justices themselves.
Gorsuch didn't mask despite Sotomayor's COVID worries, leading her to telework
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Anybody who regularly watches Supreme Court arguments is used to seeing testy moments. But you don't have to be a keen observer these days to see that something out of the ordinary is happening.
Supreme Court blocks Biden's vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies
Thursday, January 13, 2022
But the court upheld a separate mandate for almost all employees at hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers that receive federal funds.
Supreme Court's conservatives cast cloud over vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses
Friday, January 07, 2022
Justices seemed more open to the vaccine mandate for almost all workers at hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical providers receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funds.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments challenging vaccine mandates
Friday, January 07, 2022
The two cases are in a preliminary posture, but how the court rules will very likely signal how these issues are ultimately resolved.