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  • Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed over DNA testing

    Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed over DNA testing

    Mar 23, 2026 05:49 PM EDT

    ... whether Reed's or Fennell's DNA is on the murder weapon,” Sotomayor wrote in an opinion that was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The state's top criminal appeals court ruled that the Texas law on DNA testing doesn't apply to items that may ...

  • Sharing a stage, Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh spar over emergency Supreme Court orders favoring Trump

    Sharing a stage, Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh spar over emergency Supreme Court orders favoring Trump

    Mar 10, 2026 03:48 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharing a stage, Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred Monday over the many emergency orders the court has issued allowing President Donald Trump to move ahead with key parts of his agenda. The setting was extraordinary, a federal courtroom filled with legal luminaries, including ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court considers whether marijuana and other drug users may possess firearms

    LISTEN: Supreme Court considers whether marijuana and other drug users may possess firearms

    Mar 02, 2026 02:55 PM EDT

    ... have a strong grounding in the nation’s historical traditions. LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on law banning guns from private property Liberal-leaning Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said a ban on firearms for cannabis users didn't seem to have the required historical roots. “I think your argument sort ...

  • Bad Bunny wins album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, making history for a Spanish-language album

    Bad Bunny wins album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, making history for a Spanish-language album

    Feb 02, 2026 02:27 PM EDT

    ... show started During the Premiere Ceremony, the Dalai Lama won his first Grammy for audio book, narration and storytelling recording, beating out Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. You read that correctly. "Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters" won song written for visual media at the Premiere Ceremony, marking the first ...

  • Supreme Court hears case on Trump's attempt to control Federal Reserve

    Supreme Court hears case on Trump's attempt to control Federal Reserve

    Jan 21, 2026 11:35 PM EDT

    D. John Sauer: Yes. Ketanji Brown Jackson: Like, she was supposed to post about it, and that was the opportunity to be heard? Ali Rogin: The case comes as the Trump administration has moved to exert greater control over the Federal Reserve. This month, the Justice Department opened a criminal ...

  • A look at the legal and political fight over trans athletes as cases reach Supreme Court

    A look at the legal and political fight over trans athletes as cases reach Supreme Court

    Jan 13, 2026 11:40 PM EDT

    ... really unique context to establish a sweeping principle that the government can freely discriminate against transgender people. Liz Landers: It's a point that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also made in arguments today. Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice: I guess I'm struggling to understand how ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears Trump v. Slaughter, seems likely to back Trump's power to fire independent agency board members

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears Trump v. Slaughter, seems likely to back Trump's power to fire independent agency board members

    Dec 08, 2025 12:58 AM EDT

    ... Liberal justices warned that the decision sought by the administration would concentrate vast power in the president's hands, robbing the agencies of expertise. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the president would be able to “fire all the scientists and the doctors and the economists and the PhDs and replace ...

  • Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen

    Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen

    Nov 10, 2025 04:20 PM EDT

    ... to SNAP recipients. Millions of people in at least a dozen states — all with Democratic governors — received the full amount to buy groceries before Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson put McConnell’s order on hold Friday night, pending further deliberation by an appeals court. Delays cause complications for some beneficiaries Millions ...

  • Longest shutdown on record disrupts air travel and food assistance for Americans

    Longest shutdown on record disrupts air travel and food assistance for Americans

    Nov 08, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... will act quickly on your request to put the ruling on hold while you appeal. Shortly before 9:30 at 9:17 last night, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued that administrative stay. Justice Jackson is what's known as the circuit justice for the First Circuit, which means that all ...

  • Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

    Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

    Nov 08, 2025 03:13 AM EDT

    ... instead allow it to continue with planned partial SNAP payments for the month. After a Boston appeals court declined to immediately intervene, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order late Friday pausing the requirement to distribute full SNAP payments until the appeals court rules on whether to issue ...

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