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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Supreme Court Lets Trump Pause SNAP — Food Banks Scramble to Respond
Food banks are in “disaster response mode” after SCOTUS blocked a lower court order that the funds be distributed.
Conservative Justices May Upend School District’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Lessons
The upcoming ruling could create precedent allowing for opt-out standards to be implemented in a wide range of studies.
Amid Ethics Scandals, 7 in 10 Voters Back Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices
Ethics scandals have caused a considerable drop in Americans' views of the Supreme Court in recent years.
Justice Elena Kagan Says She Backs Enforcement Rules for SCOTUS Ethics Code
Multiple ethics scandals currently plague the High Court, but rules are self-enforcing so they aren't being examined.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Spent Her First Year on SCOTUS as an Undaunted Dissenter
Jackson has been a powerful opposing voice as the right-wing court stripped rights from marginalized groups.
Supreme Court Weakened Legal Protections for Striking. Only Jackson Dissented.
Unions still have the right to strike, but eight Supreme Court members erected barriers to that fundamental right.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Rebukes Colleagues for Rejecting Case on 162-Year Sentence
It is “unfortunate” that other justices on the court didn't take the same position Jackson did, one legal observer said.
Supreme Court Poised to Side With Anti-LGBTQ Web Designer in Discrimination Case
The plaintiff claims that a Colorado law barring anti-LGBTQ discrimination violates her religious freedoms.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Cleverly Turned the Right’s Own Judicial Theory Against It
Jackson used “originalism” against the right's “race-neutral” voting theory in oral arguments on “Merrill v. Milligan.”
Supreme Court May Soon Roll Back Affirmative Action and Voting Rights
As Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman to hear a SCOTUS case, civil rights are under attack.