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A report arguing for raising taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, a law requiring labels to disclose if an animal was harmed ...
In an unsigned order with no explanation, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked lower-court orders that had stopped President Donald Trump from shuttering the Department of Education.
Former Chief Justice John Marshall’s quote, “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is,” is a cornerstone of the doctrine of judicial review, ...
A California bill would allow educational institutions to give preference to applicants who are descendants of slaves while ...
Washington moved to close a dangerous loophole. Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the ...
Constitutional conversations about the Supreme Court often begin with Alexander Hamilton’s famous description of the judiciary in Federalist No. 78 as the “least dangerous branch,” precisely because ...
In a democracy, no public official should hold unchecked power for life—especially not those tasked with interpreting the ...
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed April 7, 2022 as the first Black female U.S. Supreme Court justice. She’s pictured ...
I'm not afraid to use my voice,’ the high court’s newest justice avers, sounding like a podcaster rather than a judge.
How can you tell if the newest Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is an “activist” judge? She admits ...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissenting opinions have provoked criticism for their casual and even disdainful tone. She’s called colleagues “hubristic and senseless” and added sarcastic asides.
In an unsigned order with no explanation, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked the lower court orders that had ...