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FILE - This photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court Building, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 in Washington. A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that a majority of high court has thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night, May 2, 2022 in Politico. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Report: Draft Opinion Suggests High Court Will Overturn Roe
  • 2 May 2022
The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft Politico posted, which...
  • AP News
Report: Draft Opinion Suggests High Court Will Overturn Roe
President Joe Biden goes to hug Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as they watch the Senate vote on her confirmation from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Jackson Confirmed As First Black Female High Court Justice
  • 7 April 2022
The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by...
  • AP News
Jackson Confirmed As First Black Female High Court Justice
It's true that U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said there was no question U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was qualified for the role then later voted to not support her nomination.
Did McConnell Say ‘No Question’ Jackson Qualified, Then Say He Won’t Support Appointment?
  • 25 March 2022
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared on "The Guy Benson Show" on Fox News...
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Did McConnell Say ‘No Question’ Jackson Qualified, Then Say He Won’t Support Appointment?
FILE - This Nov. 6, 2020, photo shows a general view of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, home to the Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg, Pa. The Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans more favorable to Democrats. In separate orders late March 7, 2022, the justices are allowing maps selected by each state's Supreme Court to be in effect for the 2022 elections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Court Rejects GOP Redistricting Plans in NC, Pennsylvania
  • 8 March 2022
The justices are allowing maps selected by each state's Supreme Court to be in effect...
  • AP News
Court Rejects GOP Redistricting Plans in NC, Pennsylvania
FILE - This June 30, 2021, file photo shows Bill Cosby gesturing outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., after being released from prison. The Supreme Court said Monday, March, 7, 2022, it will not take up the sexual assault case against Cosby, leaving in place a decision by Pennsylvania's highest court to throw out his conviction and set him free from prison. The high court declined prosecutors' request to hear the case and reinstate Cosby's conviction. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last year threw out Cosby's conviction, saying the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor's agreement not to charge Cosby. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Supreme Court Won’t Review Decision That Freed Bill Cosby
  • 7 March 2022
The high court — whose nine members include two men accused of sexual misconduct themselves...
  • AP News
Supreme Court Won’t Review Decision That Freed Bill Cosby
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, poses for a portrait, Friday, Feb., 18, 2022, in her office at the court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Biden to Nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
  • 25 February 2022
In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to...
  • AP News
Biden to Nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer listens during a forum at the French Cultural Center in Boston, Feb. 13, 2017. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
AP Sources: Justice Breyer to Retire; Biden to Fill Vacancy
  • 26 January 2022
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he...
  • AP News
AP Sources: Justice Breyer to Retire; Biden to Fill Vacancy
FILE - An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Justices to Hear Challenge to Race in College Admissions
  • 24 January 2022
The court said it will take up lawsuits claiming that Harvard University, a private institution,...
  • AP News
Justices to Hear Challenge to Race in College Admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Jan.19, 2022, in Washington. In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Supreme Court Allows Jan. 6 Committee to Get Trump Documents
  • 20 January 2022
The justices rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from the committee until...
  • AP News
Supreme Court Allows Jan. 6 Committee to Get Trump Documents
FILE - This artist sketch depicts lawyer Scott Keller standing to argue on behalf of more than two dozen business groups seeking an immediate order from the Supreme Court to halt a Biden administration order to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Jan. 7, 2022. The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. The court's order Thursday during a spike in coronavirus cases deals a blow to the administration's efforts to boost the vaccination rate among Americans. (Dana Verkouteren via AP, File)
Supreme Court Halts COVID-19 Vaccine Rule for US Businesses
  • 13 January 2022
The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at...
  • AP News
Supreme Court Halts COVID-19 Vaccine Rule for US Businesses
FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday, Dec. 23, in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of Documents
  • 23 December 2021
Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to keep...
  • AP News
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of Documents
Stephen Parlato of Boulder, Colo., holds a sign that reads "Hands Off Roe!!!" outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, as activists begin to arrive ahead of arguments on abortion at the court in Washington.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Abortion Rights at Stake in Historic Supreme Court Arguments
  • 1 December 2021
The justices will weigh whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15...
  • AP News
Abortion Rights at Stake in Historic Supreme Court Arguments
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