• Biden and Harris will meet with King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

    Biden and Harris will meet with King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

    Aug 25, 2023 05:58 PM EDT

    ... from Biden's economic and other policies, including low unemployment. Officials note his numerous appointments of Black women to federal courts, including Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court. They also point to nearly $7 billion in aid to ...

  • What the Supreme Court’s latest term tells us about its future direction

    What the Supreme Court’s latest term tells us about its future direction

    Jul 02, 2023 09:40 PM EDT

    ... know, faux judicial restraint. I think that was the phrase Justice Scalia used once. You know, he was able to do so in certain key areas. John Yang: This was also the first term for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, what did we learn about her from watching her this term?

  • What to know after the Supreme Court issued its biggest rulings of the year

    What to know after the Supreme Court issued its biggest rulings of the year

    Jul 01, 2023 04:45 PM EDT

    WATCH: Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court Like her colleagues, Jackson wrote about a half a dozen majority opinions this term. Her first came in a dispute between states over unclaimed money while her most significant may have been a 7-2 ruling ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark decisions

    Brooks and Capehart on the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark decisions

    Jun 30, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Thomas last year in the Dobbs decision signaled that Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell should also be overturned. So, if Justices Soto -- Sotomayor Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the other liberals on the court want to thunder against the 6-3 -- the six conservative justices, you know what, have ...

  • Breaking down the Supreme Court's ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions

    Breaking down the Supreme Court's ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions

    Jun 29, 2023 10:55 PM EDT

    ... or essays in which an applicant talks about or discusses how race really affected that person's life, whether inspirational or not. Geoff Bennett: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recused herself from the Harvard case, because she had served for years on one of Harvard's governing bodies, but she participated ...

  • WATCH: Biden speaks on Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action in college admissions

    WATCH: Biden speaks on Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action in college admissions

    Jun 29, 2023 03:36 PM EDT

    ... to college and law school, took the unusual step of reading a summary of their opinions aloud in the courtroom. In a separate dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — the court's first Black female justice — called the decision "truly a tragedy for us all." Jackson, who sat out the Harvard ...

  • Supreme Court's conservative majority strikes down race-based affirmative action in university admissions

    Supreme Court's conservative majority strikes down race-based affirmative action in university admissions

    Jun 29, 2023 02:30 PM EDT

    ... back decades of precedent and momentous progress." Both Thomas and Sotomayor took the unusual step of reading a summary of their opinions aloud in the courtroom. In a separate dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — the court's first Black female justice — called the decision "truly a tragedy for us all."

  • Supreme Court rejects legal theory that could have thrown 2024 election into disarray

    Supreme Court rejects legal theory that could have thrown 2024 election into disarray

    Jun 27, 2023 10:55 PM EDT

    ... v. Harper, which stems from a dispute in North Carolina. Roberts was joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Neal Katyal is the former acting U.S. solicitor general. He argued the case before the court and joins us now with ...

  • Supreme Court rules against man given 27 years in prison on gun charges

    Supreme Court rules against man given 27 years in prison on gun charges

    Jun 22, 2023 05:01 PM EDT

    ... run around” the 1996 law, known as AEDPA.In dissent, the three liberal justices wrote that the decision produces “bizarre outcomes” and “disturbing results.” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson noted that the ruling, coupled with other recent limits on appeals imposed by the court, have transformed “a statute that Congress designed ...

  • Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation on water rights dispute

    Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation on water rights dispute

    Jun 22, 2023 04:03 PM EDT

    ... intervene in cases that affect their claimed interests.” Gorsuch, a conservative, was joined by the court's three liberals: Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. WATCH: Major decisions expected from Supreme Court could reshape education and immigration policy During arguments in the case in March, Justice Samuel ...