Major SCOTUS cases: The Supreme Court finished its term this week and handed down major rulings in three key cases:The court also said it would hear arguments in a controversial election-law case that could radically change how federal elections are conducted and give state legislatures broad, unchecked power over those elections.
Harris on Roe: Vice President Harris told NPR that people who support abortion rights need to stand together and channel their disappointment into political action on the issue ahead of the November midterm elections. She also called on Congress to codify abortion rights into federal law.
Biden backs filibuster change: President Biden says he supports a change to the Senate filibuster rules to enshrine abortion rights into federal law. He also warned that a Republican-controlled Congress would try to pass a national ban on abortion.
Election conspiracies grow: An NPR investigation found that since Jan. 6, 2021, the election denial movement has moved from former President Trump's tweets to hundreds of community events — in restaurants, car dealerships and churches — led by a core group of election conspiracy influencers. The growing numbers of events show that the election denial movement is building grassroots support across the U.S.
Wins by the Christian Right: There's an influential minority of Americans who envision the United States as a Christian nation. Recent rulings from the Supreme Court reversing Roe v. Wade and protecting prayer in schools are major victories for the movement at a time when a growing majority of Americans strongly oppose their views. |
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The Shot: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson |
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When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made history this week as the first Black woman sworn in to the Supreme Court, she did so using a Bible with special significance to the high court.
As she repeated the constitutional and judicial oaths at a ceremony Thursday, Jackson's left hand rested on a stack of two Bibles held by her husband: a family Bible and one called the "Harlan Bible," which was donated to the Supreme Court by Justice John Marshall Harlan in 1906.
Justice Harlan, known as "The Great Dissenter" during his 34-year tenure on the court, was the only "no" vote in Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Thursday's ceremony capped a months-long process that essentially began February, when President Biden, fulfilling a campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, announced Jackson, 51, as his pick to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, 83. Breyer — whom Jackson clerked for after she graduated from Harvard Law School in 1996 — officially retired Thursday, paving the way for her to be sworn in. |
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