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Breyer Says His Health, Not Politics, Will Drive Decision on SCOTUS Retirement
With a fragile 50-50 control of the Senate, some Democrats want Breyer to step aside and let Biden pick a new justice.
Roe v. Wade Is Under Attack. Organizers Say We Must Take Action Beyond the Court
The Supreme Court is set to review a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Schumer Puts Indirect Pressure on Justice Breyer to Retire in Letter to Dems
At age 82, Stephen Breyer is the Court's oldest justice, and just one of three liberal bloc members on the bench.
Watchdog Group Calls for Term Limits and Increasing Size of the Supreme Court
The report by the Project on Government Oversight comes eight months after Amy Coney Barrett was appointed to the Court.
Supreme Court Drives a Stake Through the Heart of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold two Arizona voter suppression laws sends a dangerous signal to other states.
Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions in Blow to Voting Rights Act
“The Court has damaged a statute designed to bring about the end of discrimination in voting,” Justice Elena Kagan said.
The Christian Right Used COVID to Win Rampant Religious Exemptions
The Christian right filed a barrage of cases. One little-noticed Supreme Court ruling upended decades of precedent.
McConnell Is Stacking the Courts and Using Voter Suppression to Maintain Power
Mitch McConnell has established himself as the U.S.’s most dangerous practitioner of might-is-right politics.
Supreme Court Ruled Against Enslaved Children Even as US Celebrated Juneteenth
Child laborers on West African cocoa plantations are beaten, locked up and forced to toil for U.S. corporate profits.
Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Pipeline Developers Can Seize Public Land
The PennEast pipeline project would cut through the last contiguous forested areas in central New Jersey.