• 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 ...

  • WATCH: Democrats hold news briefing on two new statues honoring former Supreme Court Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg

    WATCH: Democrats hold news briefing on two new statues honoring former Supreme Court Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg

    May 12, 2022 06:52 PM EDT

    ... in the event in the live player above. The two statues were built after President Joe Biden signed legislation last month authorizing their installation. WATCH: Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court "These statues will serve as inspiration to future generations of children from ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on midterm elections, aid to Ukraine, GOP apathy toward criticism

    Brooks and Capehart on midterm elections, aid to Ukraine, GOP apathy toward criticism

    Apr 29, 2022 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Lee Miringoff said, who knows what people will care about in October, but I bet -- maybe the president will get a bump up when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson officially takes the oath of office to be the next justice in the Supreme Court. And, then to mimic David, there's ...

  • Debates over Supreme Court confirmation, COVID funding show intensifying partisanship

    Debates over Supreme Court confirmation, COVID funding show intensifying partisanship

    Apr 09, 2022 08:48 PM EDT

    ... near- and long-term paths point toward intensifying partisanship. THE SENATE’S SUPREME COURT BATTLE Democrats rejoiced Thursday when the Senate by 53-47 confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black female justice. They crowed about a bipartisan stamp of approval from the trio of Republicans who supported it ...

  • Kentucky governor vetoes proposed 15-week abortion ban

    Kentucky governor vetoes proposed 15-week abortion ban

    Apr 08, 2022 11:54 PM EDT

    ... put more restrictions and conditions on abortion since the GOP took complete control of the legislature after the 2016 election. WATCH: Brooks and Capehart on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation, restrictive new abortion laws The proposed 15-week ban is modeled after a Mississippi law under review by the U ...

  • April 8, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    April 8, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Apr 08, 2022 11:27 PM EDT

    ... civilians at a Ukrainian rail station as the country's president warns of more atrocities. Then, economists sound the alarm over cryptocurrency's volatility as the future of digital assets remains in question. Also, David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart consider Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation and restrictive new abortion laws.