• LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on Alabama election redistricting

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on Alabama election redistricting

    Oct 04, 2022 01:32 PM EDT

    ... approach to redistricting and should make it harder for people claiming racial discrimination in voting to clear an early legal hurdle. Against pushback from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the other liberal justices, Justice Samuel Alito said it's too easy for people suing over discrimination in redistricting to win ...

  • Supreme Court begins new term as public's trust hits historic low

    Supreme Court begins new term as public's trust hits historic low

    Oct 03, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    But if I could go back to, though, to the question of the jurisdiction... Ketanji Brown Jackson: But you keep talking about notice and fair notice and property owners not being able to tell or know about this issue. Judy Woodruff: So, Marcia, not being shy. She's right in ...

  • Analysis: 3 things to watch in the new Supreme Court term

    Analysis: 3 things to watch in the new Supreme Court term

    Oct 03, 2022 09:20 PM EDT

    The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term Monday with cases likely to provoke controversy and increased public skepticism about the institution's legitimacy. The justices — including new member Ketanji Brown Jackson — take their seats on the courtroom's curved mahogany bench following an extraordinary term in which the ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on whether certain wetlands are protected by the EPA

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on whether certain wetlands are protected by the EPA

    Oct 03, 2022 02:02 PM EDT

    ... in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights. Listen to the arguments in the player above. The new member of the court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, wasted no time joining the lively give-and-take, asking questions throughout nearly two hours of arguments in the dispute over the ...

  • News Wrap: European Union inflation hits 10 percent, Cubans protest lingering power outage

    News Wrap: European Union inflation hits 10 percent, Cubans protest lingering power outage

    Sep 30, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... more. That is their worst September in 20 years. The Nasdaq slid 10.5 percent. That's the most in September of 2008. And Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson had her ceremonial induction today, as the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. President Biden and Vice President Harris ...

  • Jackson to vote on one of two college admissions cases before Supreme Court

    Jackson to vote on one of two college admissions cases before Supreme Court

    Jul 22, 2022 09:29 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday took a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions. Jackson, who joined the court ...

  • Supreme Court blocks Biden immigration policy on deportation

    Supreme Court blocks Biden immigration policy on deportation

    Jul 22, 2022 08:29 PM EDT

    ... the policy frozen nationwide for now. The vote was 5-4 with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in saying they would have allowed the Biden administration to put in place the guidance. The court also announced it would hear ...

  • Jury selection begins in contempt of Congress trial for ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon

    Jury selection begins in contempt of Congress trial for ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon

    Jul 18, 2022 02:25 PM EDT

    ... The Supreme Court in January ruled against Trump's efforts to stop the National Archives from cooperating with the committee after a lower court judge — Ketanji Brown Jackson, now on the Supreme Court — noted, in part, "Presidents are not kings." The committee has also noted that Trump fired Bannon from ...

  • Supreme Court hands down climate change, immigration rulings on final day of historic term

    Supreme Court hands down climate change, immigration rulings on final day of historic term

    Jun 30, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up a term that rewrote the law books on abortion, guns, climate change and asylum policy. That, in turn, set the stage for more history, when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman on the court. She was sworn in Thursday ...

  • News Wrap: Death toll rises to 53 in Texas after migrants were found in abandoned truck

    News Wrap: Death toll rises to 53 in Texas after migrants were found in abandoned truck

    Jun 29, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Army veteran to sue Texas over claim that burn pits in Iraq cost him his job, Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement becomes official as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepares to be sworn in and the last Medal of Honor recipient from Word War II died. ... Judy Woodruff: The NATO summit ...