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News Articles: Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Monday in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: What happened Monday

Democrats are hoping to finish Jackson's confirmation process before Congress leaves for Easter recess April 11.

March 22, 2022
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  • Barbara Sprunt
Rachel McBride poses for a portrait in Atlanta on Sunday, March 13, 2022. For Black girls, the possibility of Ketanji Brown Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of promise, hope and the breaking of yet another barrier. McBride likened the moment more to a glass elevator than a glass ceiling, moving one level up, while keeping in mind the many more levels left to go.

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  • Race

First but not last: Black girls see themselves in court pick

For Black girls, the possibility of Ketanji Brown Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of promise, hope and the breaking of yet another barrier.

March 21, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Sen. Raphael Warnock and Ketanji Brown Jackson meet at the U.S. capitol ahead of her confirmation hearings.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Ketanji Brown Jackson in the hot seat; Duncan's new 'GOP 2.0' ad; Rivian updates

Monday on Political Rewind: Confirmation hearings begin for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as she closes in on the country's highest court. Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan launches his first TV ads zeroing in on Abrams and calling for a new Republican party. Plus, Koch Industries and Rivian make headlines.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
The justices on Georgia’s highest court have unanimously selected their next leader. State Supreme Court Presiding Justice Michael Boggs will take over when Chief Justice David Nahmias steps down from the court on July 17.

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  • News

Georgia Supreme Court justices elect next chief justice

The justices on Georgia's highest court have unanimously selected their next leader. State Supreme Court Presiding Justice Michael Boggs will take over when Chief Justice David Nahmias steps down from the court on July 17.

March 16, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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  • Law

Justice Thomas worries 'trends' like 'cancel culture' will compromise institutions

"By doing this, you continue to chip away at the respect of the institutions that the next generation is going to need if they're going to have civil society," Thomas says at Utah event.

March 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Democratic Sen. Lauren Book speaks in favor of her amendment to SB 146, a proposed abortion bill in the Florida Senate on Wednesday in Tallahassee, Fla.

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  • Politics

Abortions after 15 weeks are one signature away from being banned in Florida

The measure in Florida comes as Republicans across the country move to tighten access to the procedure.

March 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Abortion-rights supporters protest in Austin, Texas, in October. Doctors say their worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true.

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  • National

Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true

It's been six months since the Texas law banning almost all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy took effect. Doctors and patients feel frustrated as they navigate the new legal environment.

March 01, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon and
  • Lauren Hodges
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the 2020 election on Nov. 3, 2020, in Auburn, Ala.

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  • Law

U.S. judges are narrowing voting protections. Some fear lasting damage

The Supreme Court has been dismantling key provisions of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. The justices have taken another case on the issue next term.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
White House press secretary Jen Psaki did not answer the many questions reporters had on Tuesday about when President Biden would interview Supreme Court candidates.

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  • Politics

What we know about Biden's Supreme Court opening

The White House seems determined to make sure President Biden's pick for the Supreme Court will not be revealed until a moment of their choosing.

February 17, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Detrow
Attorney General Merrick Garland, in a 2021 photo, said a Missouri gun rights law impedes law enforcement in the state. The Department of Justice sued Wednesday to enjoin the law.

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  • National

Department of Justice sues Missouri over gun rights law

The federal government alleges Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act has endangered public safety by prohibiting local law enforcement from cooperating with federal agencies.

February 17, 2022
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  • Peter Granitz
Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Chairman Dick Durbin (center) of Illinois, speak to reporters following a meeting with President Biden about the Supreme Court vacancy.

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  • Politics

Biden says he's done a 'deep dive' on 4 Supreme Court candidates

President Biden has been spending a lot of time courting senators — from both sides of the aisle — ahead of making his decision on who to nominate for a vacant seat on the Supreme Court.

February 11, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Detrow
A protester prays ahead of the North Texas March for Life, celebrating the passage and court rulings upholding the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, on Jan. 15.

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  • National

Abortions in Texas fell 60% in the first month after its new law took effect

The numbers offer a fuller picture of the sharp drop in patients that Texas doctors have described in their clinics over the past five months.

February 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Lee Boyd Malvo, seen here in this undated photo from the Virginia Department of Corrections is asking that his six life sentences without possibility of parole should be reconsidered because of a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision barring mandatory life sentences for juveniles.

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  • Law

D.C. sniper's case for reconsidering his sentences is heard by Maryland Supreme Court

Lee Boyd Malvo's attorneys argue that his six life sentences should be reconsidered because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that barred mandatory life sentences for juveniles.

February 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Former Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama, seen here in a 2018 file photo, has been tapped to help President Biden's to-be-named Supreme Court nominee through the Senate confirmation process.

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  • Politics

Here's who will help Biden's Supreme Court pick navigate Senate hearings

There can be twists and turns in the Senate confirmation process. President Biden has asked former Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama to help his nominee through meetings and hearings.

February 02, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Detrow
Ahmaud Arbery's mother Wanda Cooper-Jones, center, speaks with supporters after Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley sentenced Greg McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: McMichaels want plea deal for federal charges in Arbery killing; SCOTUS nomination

Monday on Political Rewind: The McMichaels have reached a plea deal to avoid federal charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, but a judge needs to sign off on it. Arbery's parents are calling the deal a betrayal. Meanwhile, David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, has been subpoenaed. He'll testify to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Plus, we look at how the Supreme Court could change after the retirement of Justice Breyer. 

January 31, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
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