Tag: SCOTUS
Supreme Court and Affirmative Action in Higher Education
It is a landmark decision that will immediately impact the racial make-up of predominately white institutions of higher learning.
Read MoreHouse Fails To Overturn Biden Student Loan Veto
The Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling on loan forgiveness later this week.
Read MoreSCOTUS Expected To Issue Decision On Abortion Pill Friday
Only 22-percent of those surveyed said the High Court should ban the drug in all 50 states.
Read MoreSCOTUS To Hear Arguments In Biden Loan Forgiveness Program
The program would cancel 10-thousand dollars in student loan debt for those earning less than 125-thousand dollars per year, and up to 20-thousand for those who received Pell Grants.
Read MoreSCOTUS TO Hear Debt Relief Arguments
The court in a brief Thursday said it would hear arguments in February with a decision soon to follow.
Read MoreSCOTUS Rejects Trump’s Tax Returns Plea
The Supreme Court has refused to block those records from being released to the Democrat-led panel.
Read MoreSupreme Court Rejects Dylan Roof’s Appeal
He was given a death sentence for killing nine Black people in 2015 at a Charleston, South Carolina, church.
Read MoreAL Congressional Map Goes Before SCOTUS
It comes from Alabama after a lower court agreed with Black voters that its congressional map wasn’t legal.
Read MoreKetanji Brown Jackson To Be Sworn-In To Supreme Court Tomorrow
Justice Stephen Breyer will retire tomorrow morning.
Read MoreRoe V. Wade Leaked Draft is Authentic
Chief Justice John Roberts called the leak an “egregious breach” of the court’s trust.
Read MoreCommittee Vote On Jackson-Supreme Court Pick Delayed
California Democrat Alex Padilla, experienced travel problems returning to DC.
Read MoreConfirmation Hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson
We examine the first day of questioning for Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson.
Read MoreSupreme Court Upholds Bill Cosby Decision
The Supreme Court upheld an opinion by Pennsylvania’s highest court that overturned Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.
Read MoreKetanji Brown-Jackson Meets With Senators
Senate hearings for high court nominee to begin on March 21
Read MoreKetanji Brown-Jackson Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court
What might her confirmation to the Supreme Court ultimately mean?
Read MoreBiden: Black Woman Justice “Long Overdue”
President Biden says he’s made no decision about a nominee.
Read MoreBlack Woman Could Replace Justice Breyer on High Court
Biden previously has said he would appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
Read More‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge
The court ruled 7-to-2 that Texas, other Republican-led states and two individuals had no right to bring their lawsuit in federal court.
Read MoreJustices Rule Against Low-Level Crack Cocaine Offenders
Crack cocaine offenders convicted more than a decade ago can’t take advantage of a 2018 federal law to seek reduced prison time.
Read MoreRuth Bader Ginsburg and the Battle for Her Vacant SCOTUS Seat
How RBG’s passing is impacting the political fight for the high court.
Read MoreJustice RBG Battling Liver Cancer Again
Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire
Read MoreJustice RBG Participates in Court Arguments from Hospital
The court said Tuesday evening that the 87-year-old justice had undergone non-surgical treatment for a benign gallbladder condition.
Read MoreSCOTUS To Hear DC Sniper Sentencing Case
Justices’ DC sniper case examines teen murderers’ sentences
Read MoreFormer Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice dies.
Read MoreSupreme Court Agrees To Take Up DC Sniper Case, Hamden School Worker Quits After Racist Tirade
Supreme Court Agrees To Take Up DC Sniper Case. Supreme Court Hears From Virginia GOP Today. Hamden School Worker Quits After Racist Tirade.
Read MoreCohen Rips Trump, MD Dems Call For Lisanti Resignation
Cohen Rips Trump. Republican Accuses Cohen Of Sour Grapes. MD Dems Call For Lisanti Resignation. Supreme Court Hears Peace Cross Arguments.
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