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Ashley Murray, Michigan Advance South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham and Republican colleagues stormed out of a Democratic-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two high-profile GOP operatives as part of an ethics probe into undisclosed financial ties to U.S. Supreme Court justices. The panel voted 11-0 …

Ashley Murray, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Supreme Court adopted a new ethics code Monday, just days before the Democrat-led U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary again attempts to subpoena two high-profile GOP donors following revelations that justices accepted undisclosed luxury trips and engaged in other potential conflicts of interest. …

Morgan Marietta, University of Texas at Arlington Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers? That’s the question posed in one of the biggest cases of the current Supreme Court term, …

Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the abortion pill should remain on the market after two lower courts issued differing opinions about its use. The case, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will …

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas revealed Thursday that he took three flights on the private jet of conservative billionaire Harlan Crow last year, a disclosure that came more than four months after ProPublica reported that the powerful judge has been accepting luxury trips from the Texas …

A day after several House Democrats urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign following fresh reporting on undisclosed luxury vacations he accepted from wealthy Republican donors, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday led a letter calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the right-wing judge’s failure to report …

Voters in Alabama are preparing for another legal battle after the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday approved new congressional districts that critics say defy a surprising recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest map “is really a slap in the face, not only …

Former Vice President Mike Pence has expressed his support for the Supreme Court’s decision to reduce affirmative action programs in colleges and universities nationwide. He believes that there is no longer racial inequality in America’s education system and that affirmative action is no longer necessary. “I really don’t believe there …

The Supreme Court ruling in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which involved a Christian website designer who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples, has raised legal questions regarding businesses’ ability to refuse service to LGBTQ individuals or same-sex couples. Legal experts have varied opinions …

Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden announced Friday that he plans to pursue new avenues to forgive student debt after the Supreme Court blocked the relief plan he had announced last year to eliminate up to $20,000 in loans for borrowers earning under $125,000 annually. First, Biden said, …

The Supreme Court is expected to announce its rulings on student loan forgiveness and LGBTQ protections on Friday, which are the final cases before the Court begins its summer recess. In a recent ruling, the conservative-majority court declared race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina …

President Joe Biden criticized the recent Supreme Court ruling that undermined affirmative action programs in higher education during a speech at the White House. “This is not a normal court,” Biden said in response to a question from a reporter following his remarks. “The truth is, we all know it, …

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams In the wake of Thursday’s annihilation of affirmative action by the Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority in a pair of highly anticipated rulings, progressive U.S. lawmakers and other advocates committed to “fighting back” by reforming higher education—and the judiciary itself. Responding to the high court’s 6-3 ruling …

Ariana Figueroa, Washington State Standard The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that two prominent universities’ consideration of race in acceptances violated the U.S. Constitution, effectively reshaping the role of affirmative action in the college admissions process throughout higher education. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for …

Julia Conley, Common Dreams Thursday’s reporting on a real estate deal made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett months after her confirmation in 2020 was the latest evidence, said a government watchdog, that ethics reforms at the high court must either be imposed by the judiciary or Congress. …