SCOTUS
Justice Jackson: First Black Woman Ever Confirmed to Supreme Court
The Senate voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday.
I Got an Illegal Abortion Before Roe v. Wade
She was 15 when she got an illegal abortion in a dirty Detroit warehouse. Now, she’s terrified others will experience something similar.
Ginni Thomas Is a Total QAnon Fangirl, She Revealed in Texts to Mark Meadows
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife referenced several QAnon conspiracy theories in texts to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
Lindsay Graham Accused KBJ of Not Thinking Online Child Porn Is That Bad
Graham interrupted Jackson upwards of a dozen times over the course of their roughly 20-minute exchange on child porn and Brett Kavanaugh.
Marsha Blackburn Is Pushing Anti-Trans Talking Points During KBJ’s Hearing
“Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?” the senator asked Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Dems Just Got Huge Wins (for Now) on Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court protected court-drawn House maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina—but might gut future anti-gerrymandering efforts.
Suddenly There’s a Rush of 15-Week Abortion Bans. Here’s Why.
“Abortion opponents will not stop with a 15-week ban,” one expert told VICE News.
Supreme Court Says Racial Gerrymandering Is No Big Deal
The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's racially gerrymandered House map can be used in 2022, dealing another blow to voting rights.
GOP Senator Thinks Biden’s SCOTUS Nominee Won’t Know a ‘Law Book From a J. Crew Catalog’
“I’m going to talk about what I want to talk about, and if they don’t like that, they can call somebody who cares,” Sen. John Kennedy told Politico.
Ted Cruz Called Biden’s SCOTUS Pledge ‘Offensive’ and ‘Insulting to Black Women’
The Texas Republican had no problem with Trump's pledge to pick a woman to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Anti-Masker Neil Gorsuch Is a Terrible Co-Worker: Report
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts asked the other justices to wear masks, but Neil Gorsuch reportedly refused.
Trump’s Supreme Court Picks Seem Very Interested in Demolishing Abortion Rights
Throughout nearly two hours of arguments, the conservative Supreme Court justices signaled they were open to undercutting the legal right to abortion.