Politics Mar 23 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 4 Legal experts are praising Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the final day of Senate hearings on her nomination for the Supreme Court.
Politics Mar 22 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 3 Jackson faced a barrage of Republican questioning Wednesday about her sentencing of criminal defendants, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge.
Politics Mar 22 WATCH: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defends work as an attorney for Guantanamo Bay prisoners Four men once held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center — men Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson never met — were central to some of the questions she fielded Tuesday during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
Politics Mar 22 Ketanji Brown Jackson faces pointed questions on Day 2 of Senate hearing Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday, pushing back on Republican assertions that she would be soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the…
Politics Mar 21 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 2 Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday, pushing back on Republican assertions that she would be soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the…
Politics Mar 21 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor’ in hearing opening statement Jackson, 51, addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of her first day of confirmation hearings, nearly four hours almost entirely consumed by opening statements from the panel's 22 members.
Politics Mar 15 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 1 History was made Monday the instant Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court.
Politics Mar 07 Supreme Court rejects GOP redistricting pleas in 2 states In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans.
Nation Mar 04 Supreme Court reimposes death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Politics Feb 28 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears argument on EPA’s ability to make rules dealing with climate change The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's power plants, a case that could hamstring the Biden administration's plans to combat climate change.