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Supreme Court Ruling On Arizona Law Could Hinder Georgia Court Challenges

The U.S Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld provisions in Arizona’s election law because they did not violate the Voting Rights Act could make it more difficult for federal lawsuits challenging Georgia’s voting law to succeed.

July 02, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
The U.S. Supreme Court will review a lower court's decision from last summer that vacated the six death sentences imposed on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Here, artist Jane Flavell Collins pulls down her courtroom sketches outside the Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston after Tsarnaev was sentenced.

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  • Law

Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of Boston Marathon Bomber's Vacated Death Sentences

An appeals court ruled last summer that the original trial judge did not secure an impartial jury for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The U.S. has asked the Supreme Court to review the decision.

March 22, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Nina Totenberg
U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Environment

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Florida-Georgia Water Dispute, Ruling Expected In June

A lawyer representing the state of Florida asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to order Georgia to use less water irrigating crops in order to restore Florida’s devastated oyster industry. But Georgia’s lawyer told the justices the costs of a court-ordered cap on water consumption by farmers in Southwest Georgia would far outweigh the minimal benefits it would provide.

February 22, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams
People in Macon attend a vigil honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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  • News

Macon Remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'She Fought For All Of Us'

Around 40 people showed up Saturday night for a candlelight vigil in front of the federal courthouse in Macon. They were there to honor late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died Friday night at the age of 87.

September 21, 2020
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  • Josephine Bennett
After six trials and 23 years behind bars, charges are being dropped against Curtis Flowers (pictured here in Dec. 2019) over a 1996 quadruple killing in Mississippi. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a conviction last summer, citing among other things, the deliberate elimination of Black jurors from Flowers' trials.

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  • National

After 6 Trials, Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Curtis Flowers

Flowers spent 23 years behind bars for a 1996 quadruple killing at a Mississippi furniture store. Prosecutors said Friday that there were no credible witnesses available for a seventh trial.

September 05, 2020
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  • Jason Slotkin
A federal judge blocked further implementation of a rule issued last year by the Department of Homeland Security.

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  • Law

Twin Rulings By Federal Judge Block 'Public Charge' Rules For Immigrants

The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration's attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a "public charge."

July 31, 2020
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  • David Welna
Virginia Prescott and Justice Sotomayor at Writer's on a New England Stage on Feb. 5th, 2014.

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  • Author Interviews

Sonia Sotomayor: From The Bronx To The Bench, Trailblazing A Life On The Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is headed to Atlanta this weekend to talk about her new children’s book Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You...

August 29, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Census Fight Continues, State Party Leaders Aim For Majority In 2020

On this edition of Political Rewind , it is unclear whether the citizenship question will be added to the 2020 census after the U.S. Supreme Court sent...

July 01, 2019
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  • Bill Nigut

On Second Thought For Friday, June 24, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court handed supporters of affirmative action a major victory on Thursday. In a 4-to-3 ruling, the justices rejected a complaint...

June 18, 2019
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee
Set of  Kenny Leon's adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, now playing in New York, features a campaign poster promoting, "Stacey Abrams 2020".

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Federal Judge Blocks Abortion Law Similar To Georgia’s

On this edition of Political Rewind, a federal judge has blocked the Mississippi abortion bill that closely resembles Georgia’s new “fetal heartbeat”...

May 28, 2019
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  • kbrowder
Judge Neil Gorsuch testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Watch Live: Witness Testimony In Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing

Judge Neil Gorsuch has been grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than 18 hours of questioning over two separate days, and the proceedings...

February 21, 2019
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  • Brian Naylor
The name placard for Neil Gorsuch, U.S. Supreme Court nominee, is placed on a witness table before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation for Gorsuch on Monday.

Watch Live: Day 1 Of Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing

Judge Neal Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, begins his three-day confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on...

February 21, 2019
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  • Jessica Taylor
Carol Anderson is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and a New York Times Bestselling Author.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Conversation with Author, Historian Dr. Carol Anderson

On this edition of Political Rewind, a conversation with acclaimed author and Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory...

January 21, 2019
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  • Bill Nigut

On Second Thought For Friday, July 13, 2018

The vetting and speculation are over. Now it’s the politicking and predictions. That’s with Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, Americans get a real time...

July 13, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 3 more

On Second Thought For Thursday, April 5, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic ruling Brown v. the Board of Education more than six decades ago. Linda Brown, the namesake of that landmark...

April 09, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Tony Harris ,
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