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News Articles: Supreme Court

Students chat while waiting for history class to start at Oak Ridge High School in September of 1955, when the once all-white high school was desegregated by order of the Atomic Energy Commission. The Tennessee city's school board is now formally including the story of its integration in its curriculum.

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  • Race

Oak Ridge, Tenn., Will Teach History Of Its Black Students Who Helped End Segregation

"Today almost no one in America knows about this landmark Civil Rights achievement," the city council said last year, in a proclamation honoring the Oak Ridge 85.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Joe and Jill Biden attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning before his inauguration.

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  • Religion

Biden Is Catholic. He Also Supports Abortion Rights. Here's What That Could Mean

President Biden is only the nation's second Catholic president, but his position on abortion rights is at odds with the church.

January 24, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
A U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday reinstates a requirement for patients to pick up the abortion drug mifepristone in person at a hospital or doctor's office, regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Law

Supreme Court OKs White House Request To Limit Abortion Pill Access During Pandemic

The case was the first abortion-related decision faced by the new conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court after Justice Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in last year.

January 13, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Sharron Cohen (second from left) with her husband David Cohen, and son Nathan Cohen with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the steps of the Supreme Court building in 1999.

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  • National

RBG Imparted This To Plaintiff In Gender Equality Case: 'It's All Right To Be A Hero'

Sharron Cohen was the plaintiff in a case that eventually fell to a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And Cohen says that years later, Ginsberg encouraged her to embrace her part in the landmark case.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Abe Selby
President Trump saw the effort to overturn last month's election all but snuffed out Friday night by the Supreme Court.

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  • Politics

After Supreme Court Defeat, Trump's Backers In Congress Are Quiet On What Comes Next

The president vowed to "fight on" after the nation's highest court tossed a Texas lawsuit challenging the election results. The reaction from his congressional allies, however, was much more subdued.

December 13, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer
A nurse holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech, in London earlier this week. Food and Drug Administration officials in the U.S. sought to reassure the public about the vaccine Saturday after authorizing it for emergency use.

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  • Politics

Warp Speed Official: 1st Shipments Of COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Delivered On Monday

Army Gen. Gustave Perna told reporters that distribution of the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech has begun, with shipment to 636 sites scheduled to begin on Monday.

December 12, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speaks during a Senate hearing earlier this year. On Thursday, Collins called on religious leaders to keep their worship spaces closed, despite rising protests from some church leaders.

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  • Religion

NIH Director Tells Churches To Do The "Altruistic, Loving Thing" And Stay Closed

His comments came even as the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a federal district court to reexamine its previous support for restrictions on indoor religious services in California.

December 03, 2020
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By:
  • Tom Gjelten
Joe Biden addresses a Planned Parenthood Action Fund candidate forum in June 2019 in Columbia, S.C.

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  • Politics

What Joe Biden's Election Means For Abortion Rights

Groups opposed to abortion rights have celebrated many policy wins during the Trump administration. Now, reproductive rights advocates want the president-elect to reverse those actions.

December 01, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
In a decision released late Wednesday, the Supreme Court said New York's attendance limit at houses of worship violates the First Amendment.

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  • National

Supreme Court Says New York Can't Limit Attendance In Houses of Worship Due To COVID

Justices said the Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order limiting attendance in places of worship violates the First Amendment.

November 26, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
D.C. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas joined another Trump-appointed federal judge in voting to dismiss a Washington, D.C.-based lawsuit over President Trump's efforts to omit unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers that set up the next Electoral College map.

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  • National

Federal Court Rejects Challenge To Trump's Push To Alter A Key Census Count

In a 2-1 vote, the court tossed out a lawsuit, one of several working through the courts, that challenged a memo on excluding unauthorized immigrants from numbers that reset the Electoral College map.

November 26, 2020
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
In 2014, an advocacy group first filed a lawsuit, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process.

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  • Education

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

November 12, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A nurse checks vitals for a Navajo woman, who came to a coronavirus testing center in Arizona, complaining of virus symptoms.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Could COVID-19 Ever Be Considered A Preexisting Condition?

That's a question people are asking as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments for a case on the future of the Affordable Care Act — which guarantees coverage for preexisting conditions.

November 09, 2020
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By:
  • Fran Kritz
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's first opportunity to weigh in on abortion and contraception could come as early as this week, as the high court decides whether to take up a Mississippi case.

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  • Health

How An Abortion Fight In Supreme Court Could Threaten Birth Control, Too

In talk of the impact Amy Coney Barrett could have on abortion rights, many people overlook related cases that might be in play, including the right to birth control that the court recognized in 1965.

November 03, 2020
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By:
  • Julie Rovner
Anti-abortion-rights activists participate in the March for Life rally near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24.

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  • Politics

A World Without Legal Abortion: How Activists Envision A 'Post-Roe' Nation

With the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, anti-abortion activists hope for a world where ending an unwanted pregnancy is not an option.

October 27, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden boards his campaign plane.

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  • Politics

Asked About Court Packing, Biden Says He Will Convene Commission To Study Reforms

The Democratic nominee envisions a bipartisan group of constitutional scholars who would, after 180 days, make recommendations to reform the court system, which Biden calls "out of whack."

October 22, 2020
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  • Sam Gringlas
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