The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday deadlocked along party lines on the Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, failing to formally send her name to the full Senate, although Democrats soon discharged her nomination through a floor vote.
At least five House Democrats have called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign or face impeachment in light of archived text messages showing that his wife wanted the 2020 election results to be overturned.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was released from the hospital Friday morning, one week after he was admitted due to flu-like symptoms, the court said.
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas death row inmate who wants his pastor to pray over him and lay hands on him during his execution.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday declined to define the word "woman" during an exchange with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday called Roe v. Wade and another major abortion case "settled law," adding they have been "reaffirmed" by the nation's highest court multiple times and are "binding."
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman ever to be nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court. This week, she faces four days of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee as she tries to earn a spot on the highest court in the nation. Jackson, 51, is currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Here are four things to know about her:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday condemned cancel culture and expressed concern over its repercussions, saying in a Utah speech that university students aren’t learning how to disagree while being civil.
Justice Clarence Thomas said this week that the Supreme Court will re-examine the issue of whether federal law should allow social media sites like Facebook to have broad legal immunity when those sites are used to commit crimes.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Kentucky’s attorney general has the legal right to defend a statewide abortion restriction even after the governor refused to do so.
