A former federal trial court judge and public defender, Justice Jackson may bring a unique insight to criminal cases at the Supreme Court, experts say
Author: John Fritze, USA TODAY
How the Supreme Court is already influencing the November midterm elections
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority will soon wade into major election controversies. But its decisions are already shaping the midterms.
FEMA head: ‘Too early to tell’ when Mississippi water crisis will end
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves
announced a state of emergency and warned residents of Jackson last week to not drink the water.
GOP Rep. McCaul on classified documents at Mar-a-Lago: ‘I personally wouldn’t do that’
Rep. Michael McCaul’s remarks came as some in the GOP, such as former attorney general Bill Barr, criticized Trump’s handling of the classified docs.
The fine print: Why implementing a Supreme Court ruling can sometimes take longer than you think
Many states experienced a real-world impact from the Supreme Court’s procedural intricacies when a majority overturned Roe v. Wade this summer.
Supreme Court’s landmark guns ruling prompts race to test Second Amendment’s limits
A Supreme Court decision set a new standard for how lower courts will judge gun laws. That’s left uncertainty about what the Second Amendment allows.
As Supreme Court turns right, expansion supporters see opportunity in midterms
Though the strategy is risky in competitive districts, some liberals hope that Supreme Court expansion could move votes in Democratic primaries.
Supreme Court blocks Biden from implementing immigration policy but will hear case
The Biden administration had asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce a policy in which it prioritizes certain immigrants for deportation.
Supreme Court: Biden may end Trump-era ‘remain in Mexico’ policy for migrants
The Supreme Court case involved one of the last major immigration policies held over from the Trump era: A mandate that asylum seekers wait in Mexico.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as Supreme Court’s first Black woman justice
A former public defender and federal trial court judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson will bring a unique background to the Supreme Court, supporters say.