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Supreme Court hears two major cases today on Title VII and discrimination

by Scott Bomboy

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two major cases about Title VII and discrimination based on sexual…

Supreme Court hears two major cases today on Title VII and discrimination
Where is the Supreme Court going on abortion?

by Lyle Denniston

Returning to an abortion rights issue that it had decided earlier but with a bench that is now changed, the Supreme Court agreed…

Where is the Supreme Court going on abortion?
A high-profile legal victory on transgender rights

by Lyle Denniston

The nation’s best-known transgender student, Gavin Grimm, has won his discrimination case against his old high school – for…

A high-profile legal victory on transgender rights
Hugo Black, unabashed partisan for the Constitution

by Nicandro Iannacci

On August 12, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated then-Senator Hugo Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court.

Hugo Black, unabashed partisan for the Constitution
Recalling the Supreme Court’s historic statement on contraception and privacy

by Nicandro Iannacci

It was on this day in 1965 that the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case about contraception use by married couples that laid…

Recalling the Supreme Court’s historic statement on contraception and privacy
Major rulings on gay and transgender rights coming

by Lyle Denniston

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to settle the meaning of a 1964 civil rights law that bans discrimination in the workplace…

Major rulings on gay and transgender rights coming
On This Day:  You have a right to an attorney

by NCC Staff

It was on this day in 1963 that the Supreme Court handed down the Gideon decision, which guaranteed the rights of the accused to…

On This Day:  You have a right to an attorney
Supreme Court confirms Excessive Fines Clause applies to states

by Scott Bomboy

In a unanimous ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned an Indiana Supreme Court decision that said that part of federal…

Supreme Court confirms Excessive Fines Clause applies to states
Breaking down the birthright citizenship debate

by Scott Bomboy

President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants will be getting a good…

Breaking down the birthright citizenship debate
Testing who is a “birthright citizen”

by Lyle Denniston

President Trump has started a new debate about what the Constitution’s “Citizenship Clause” means, but the final answer no…

Testing who is a “birthright citizen”
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