Politics Apr 27 LISTEN: Chief Justice Roberts' emotional tribute to retiring Justice Breyer At the end of a case over tribal authority in criminal cases on Native American lands, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts paid tribute to his benchmate of many years.
Politics Apr 26 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments for Remain in Mexico policy, prison transportation The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned lower-court orders that have blocked the Biden administration from ending a controversial Trump-era immigration program for asylum-seekers.
Politics Apr 07 Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
Politics Apr 07 WATCH: Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
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.