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  • Analyzing the arguments as Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case

    Analyzing the arguments as Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case

    Apr 01, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... or the Constitution in this case. Ali Rogin: Amanda, several justices asked about the real-world consequences of changing birthright citizenship. Here is what Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked about it. Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice: How does this work? Are you suggesting that, when a ...

  • Live Updates: Supreme Court considers Trump's order on birthright citizenship

    Live Updates: Supreme Court considers Trump's order on birthright citizenship

    Apr 01, 2026 01:09 PM EDT

    ... justices who were born abroad. The current court is American from birth. Still, the citizenship issue hits close to home for some justices. Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson are descended from enslaved people who eventually had their citizenship established by the 14th Amendment. Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s parents were born ...

  • Supreme Court sides with therapist challenging Colorado ban on conversion therapy

    Supreme Court sides with therapist challenging Colorado ban on conversion therapy

    Mar 31, 2026 10:35 PM EDT

    ... Chiles was likely to win in some form. It was a little bit of a surprise that it wound up being 8-1, with justice Ketanji Brown Jackson being the only dissenter. Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined the majority. Justice Kagan wrote a concurring opinion in which ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court considers constitutionality of Trump’s birthright citizenship order

    LISTEN: Supreme Court considers constitutionality of Trump’s birthright citizenship order

    Mar 30, 2026 06:08 PM EDT

    ... question after another. Justices asked about the legal basis for the order and voiced more practical concerns. “Is this happening in the delivery room?” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked, drilling down into the logistics of how the government would actually figure out who’s entitled to citizenship and who’s ...

  • Supreme Court hears mail-in ballot case that could impact the midterms

    Supreme Court hears mail-in ballot case that could impact the midterms

    Mar 23, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... have nothing more to look at than the phrase Election Day, I think this is the day in which everything is going to take place. Ketanji Brown Jackson, SCOTUS Associate Justice: This idea of the votes being cast by Election Day and counted after Election Day has been around, right ...

  • 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 ...

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