Mar 23 Supreme Court declines to give update on Justice Thomas hospitalization status By Associated Press The Supreme Court is declining to say whether 73-year-old Justice Clarence Thomas remains in the hospital. He had been expected to be released by Tuesday evening. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 9:59 Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defends her judicial record in Senate hearing By John Yang, Lisa Desjardins, Marcia Coyle, Kyle Midura Tuesday was the second day of the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. John Yang reports, and congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins and our legal analyst Marcia Coyle, of the National Law Journal, join Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 8:24 Dissecting the questions senators are asking Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent hours on defending her representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees and denying she'd been too lenient in child pornography cases. Saikrishna Prakash, a University of Virginia law professor and former clerk to Justice Clarence… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 10:20 Senate confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson By Lisa Desjardins, Dorothy Hastings U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson opened her Senate confirmation hearings with a pledge to act without fear or favor. The federal appeals judge would be the first Black woman on the high court. Democrats praised her and Republicans… Continue watching
Mar 21 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 2 By Mary Clare Jalonick, Mark Sherman, Associated Press Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday, pushing back on Republican assertions that she would be soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the… Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 4:43 This week in politics: Ukraine and Supreme Court nominee hearings By PBS NewsHour Between the war in Ukraine and the upcoming confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kentaji Brown Jackson, political divisions are emerging. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the political implications on these topics and… Continue watching
Mar 19 AP FACT CHECK: Republicans twist Jackson's judicial record By Will Wessert, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press In the court of public opinion — like the Supreme Court nomination hearings coming this week — politicians ask questions of witnesses to score points for their side. In the court of law, judges ask questions to get answers. That… Continue reading
Mar 18 GOP appeal seeks to curb state court power over congressional maps By Jonathan Drew, Associated Press Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail the powers of state courts to intervene in the drawing of congressional districts. Continue reading
Mar 15 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 1 By Mark Sherman, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press History was made Monday the instant Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Continue reading
Mar 04 Supreme Court reimposes death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Continue reading