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WATCH: Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Barrett discuss political polarization and civics education

By News Desk

U.S. Supreme Court justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Elena Kagan pose for their group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2022. Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS

Read the Supreme Court’s first-ever ethics code

The Supreme Court is adopting its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices. The policy was issued by the court Monday.

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WATCH: Senate Judiciary approves bill to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court

The ethics legislation has little chance of passing the Senate — it would need at least nine GOP votes, and Republicans have strongly opposed it — or the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. Photo by Joshua Roberts/REUTERS

Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps

The Supreme Court has thrown out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state's Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsin's top court.

By Associated Press

News Wrap: Trump criticizes Supreme Court’s Ginsburg, Sotomayor

In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump criticized two liberal members of the U.S. Supreme Court, saying Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor should recuse themselves from cases involving him. Also, Trump wrapped up his visit to India with…

Trump calls for justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor to recuse themselves

By Associated Press

Speaking during a press conference in India, Trump said of the Supreme Court justices, “I just don't know how they cannot recuse themselves for anything Trump or Trump related.”…

Supreme Court so far won’t stop bump stock ban

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court is so far declining to stop the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on bump stock devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns.

Sotomayor’s shoulder injury worse than first thought, Supreme Court says

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court says Justice Sonia Sotomayor's left shoulder break is worse than was first thought, though the 63-year-old justice expects to be on the bench when the court hears its last six arguments of the term next week.

For some, Supreme Court nod is a ‘wasted opportunity’ for diversity

By Kenya Downs

President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday left some scratching their heads. Considering his historic election as the first African-American president, some pundits expected that Mr. Obama's presumably last opportunity to affect the highest…

Florida death penalty system is unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules

By Sam Hananel, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Florida's unique system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges — and not enough to juries — to decide capital sentences.