Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion
New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued her first Supreme Court opinion, a short dissent Monday in support of a death row inmate from Ohio. More
November 7, 2022
The Supreme Court of the United States, known as SCOTUS, is the highest court in the country and issues the last word on important cases.
New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued her first Supreme Court opinion, a short dissent Monday in support of a death row inmate from Ohio. More
November 7, 2022
Supreme Court members sat for a new group portrait following the addition of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black female justice. More
October 7, 2022
The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place Thursday of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took effect... More
June 30, 2022
The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal law aimed at reducing racial disparities in... More
June 27, 2022
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v.... More
June 24, 2022
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a restrictive New York gun law in a major ruling for gun rights. More
June 23, 2022
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Native Americans prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court,... More
June 13, 2022
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday said he ordered an investigation into what he called an “egregious breach of trust.” More
May 3, 2022
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that Boston violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist when it refused his request to fly a... More
May 2, 2022
The court agreed earlier this year to consider limiting its 2020 McGirt decision, a ruling that the state says has produced chaos in its courts. More
April 27, 2022
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday opened the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. More
March 21, 2022
President Joe Biden on Friday will reportedly nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. More
February 25, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that ruling to limit state jurisdiction for crimes committed on tribal reservations by or against tribal citizens is not retroactive. The... More
February 23, 2022
The court said it will take up lawsuits claiming that Harvard University, a private institution, and the University of North Carolina, a state school, discriminate against Asian... More
January 24, 2022
The Supreme Court on Thursday buttressed a criminal defendant's right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses, ruling in favor of a New York man who was convicted... More
January 20, 2022
If Supreme Court decides to overturn or gut decision that legalized abortion some fear that it could undermine other precedent-setting cases including civil rights and... More
December 7, 2021
Arguments at the high court on Nov. 1 will help the justices decide whether the law -- the most restrictive abortion law in the nation... More
October 29, 2021
The Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place but has agreed to hear arguments in the case... More
October 22, 2021
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, More
October 18, 2021
The Biden administration said Friday it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned... More
October 15, 2021