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Judge Wooden gavel on the table of judge with american flag and black chair
March 7, 2023
A 1992 federal court agreement that led to a Black justice being elected to Louisiana’s once all-white Supreme Court is…
March 1, 2023
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has written her first majority opinion for the Supreme Court.
student loan
February 28, 2023
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday to determine whether President Biden’s student loan debt relief program would prevail.
The nine members of the Supreme Court in 2022
February 28, 2023
Federal judges have the power to make and unmake our laws and to uphold or overturn our civil rights. In…
February 23, 2023
This week, the Supreme Court listened to hours of oral arguments in two landmark cases – Reynaldo Gonzalez v. Google…
February 20, 2023
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is upending gun laws across the country, dividing judges and sowing…
January 22, 2023
The Supreme Court said Thursday an eight-month investigation has failed to find who leaked a draft opinion overturning abortion rights.
New York City protest following U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, theGrio.com
January 19, 2023
All options must be on the table to address the damage done by overturning Roe v. Wade, and that includes…
January 3, 2023
As the new year is underway, theGrio is keeping an eye on these five political stories in Washington and beyond.
December 7, 2022
Despite Senator Raphael Warnock's runoff win in Georgia, a divided Congress will likely halt Biden’s Black agenda for the next…
December 7, 2022
These are the people deciding reproductive rights, affirmative action programs and how we treat people equally under the law.
December 1, 2022
The Supreme Court said the Biden administration program to cancel student loans will remain blocked for now, but agreed to take…
November 29, 2022
The United States Senate has officially passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which will codify same-sex and interracial marriages.
November 23, 2022
The Supreme Court says Cecilia "Cissy" Marshall has died. She was 94.
November 22, 2022
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the handover of former Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal…
November 21, 2022
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said his panel is reviewing “serious allegations” in a report Saturday, Nov. 19,…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, theGrio.com
November 8, 2022
New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued her first Supreme Court opinion Monday, a short dissent in support of a death row…
November 7, 2022
Trump’s lawyers viewed Thomas as key to helping overturn the election — further proof that he needs to recuse himself…
November 5, 2022
A TheGrio/KFF survey asked Black voters a series of questions related to the civil rights and visibility of those who…
November 5, 2022
The Supreme Court looks more like America than it ever has. The lawyers who argue at the nation’s highest court? Not so…