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Biden's Supreme Court nominee sent to Senate for floor debate, votes

US senators have voted to send the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve in the Supreme Court for floor debate and votes.

Ketanji Brown Jackson wins GOP vote, nearly assuring Supreme Court seat

Senate Democratic leaders are pushing toward a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination Monday and a final Senate vote to confirm Jackson late next week

US Senate committee begins hearings for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has started a series of hearings for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black US Supreme Court judge

Biden called Jackson a proven consensus builder who has "a pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American people.

US President Joe Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries

President Joe Biden weighs appeal of 3 top candidates for high court

President Joe Biden first zeroed in on a pair of finalists for his first US Supreme Court pick when there were rumours last year that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire.

Biden narrows list of candidates for Supreme Court, doing deep dive on 4

Biden appears to be narrowing his list of candidates for the Supreme Court, saying he's looking at about four people.

Joe Biden reaches for Republican support for Supreme Court nominee

Biden is reaching out for Republican support for his eventual Supreme Court nominee.

Democrats eye Biden's Supreme Court pick to revive 2022 prospects

Democrats stung by a series of election year failures to deliver legislative wins for their most loyal voters may have been buoyed by the prospect that Biden will name the first Black woman

Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of documents to Jan 6 riots panel

Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Trump's attorneys argued in their petition to the Supreme Court that both the Constitution and the Presidential Records Act give former Presidents a clear right to protect their confidential records from premature dissemination. This case presents a clear threat to that right." A federal appeals court ruled against Trump two weeks ago, but prohibited documents held by the National Archives from being turned over before the Supreme Court has a chance to weigh in. Trump appointed three of the nine justices. Trump sued the House Jan. 6 committee and the National Archives to stop the White House from allowing the release of documents related to the insurrection. Trump is claiming that as a former president he has right to assert executive privilege over the records, arguing that releasing them .

US Supreme Court to hold special session on vaccine requirements

The high court's announcement Wednesday that it will hear arguments in the cases January 7 comes amid rising coronavirus cases and is an extraordinarily fast timeline

US Supreme Court rejects appeal to end Wisconsin redistricting case

The US Supreme Court this week rejected a lawsuit from Wisconsin Republicans seeking to kill a redistricting case brought by Democrats

Biden's commission releases final report on changes to Supreme Court

The commission tasked by President Joe Biden with studying potential changes to the Supreme Court has released its final draft report

Row vs Wade: Both sides plan for new state-by-state abortion fight in US

As the US Supreme Court weighs the future of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent anti-abortion movement is looking to press its advantage in state-by-state battles

Divided US Supreme Court allows Texas abortion law to remain in force

A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation's second-largest state.

Democrats renew questions about FBI background check of Brett Kavanaugh

FBI revealed that it had received thousands of tips and had provided all relevant ones to the White House counsel's office

A legal journey towards civil right

Book review of The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

Apple tells Epic judge to consider SC's NCAA decision: Report

Tech giant Apple's legal team has submitted a decision by the US Supreme Court about the NCAA to the court over its lawsuit with Epic Games, claiming the decision "provides guidance"

US SC upholds ObamaCare, allowing millions to keep health insurance cover

The US Supreme Court upheld the ObamaCare, or the Affordable Care Act against the latest Republican challenge, allowing millions to keep their health insurance coverage amid the Covid-19 pandemic

US SC rules against temporary immigrants seeking green cards

US Supreme Court ruled that immigrants who entered the country unlawfully and were later allowed temporary status for humanitarian reasons will not be eligible to apply for green cards