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October 22, 2020
COVID-19 has resulted in the number of polling places being drastically reduced, but the Supreme Court struck down Cotton State…
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July 17, 2020
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's opinion that former felons in Florida will have to pay off their…
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September 18, 2019
Author/activist Angela Davis and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor were among 11 women inducted into The National Women’s Hall of…
November 9, 2014
Now that President Obama has named his selection of Loretta Lynch as the new U.S. Attorney General, the only question
April 22, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions...
October 2, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts. (AP) - Harvard will honor its W.E.B. Du Bois Medal winners at a ceremony Wednesday...
May 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared…
April 18, 2013
OPINION - The justice also criticized attempts to expand the number of minority groups protected by the federal government, noting…
February 25, 2013
NBC NEWS - A federal prosecutor came in for some biting criticism today from two Supreme Court justices for a…
January 4, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts will swear in President Barack Obama for a second term later this month...
October 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned the University of Texas' use of race in college admissions Wednesday…
September 13, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 70 percent of Obama's confirmed judicial nominees during his first two years were "non-traditional," or…
May 11, 2011
OPINION - As one reporter said of Newt Gingrich, 'It was the racism that threw me'...
June 2, 2010
OPINION - This ruling is typical of a conservative majority that has been out on the attack when it comes…
June 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A right to remain silent and a right to a lawyer are the first of the Miranda…
December 21, 2009
OPINION - The first decade of the new century has been marked by incredible triumphs, ongoing challenges, and a number…
August 6, 2009
The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the U.S.Supreme Court.The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor,…
August 6, 2009
This afternoon, the Senate voted to make Sonia Sotomayor the first Latina and only the third woman...
July 14, 2009
President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is on the hotseat before a Senate committee during today's confirmation hearings
July 13, 2009
A Senate panel began confirmation hearings Monday for President Barack Obama's choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, who…