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With abortion and guns, the Supreme Court ties the hands of federal courts

by Marcia Coyle

After the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down New York’s concealed carry gun law and revoked women’s…

With abortion and guns, the Supreme Court ties the hands of federal courts
A short list of overturned Supreme Court landmark decisions

by Scott Bomboy

With the Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade, a look back at overturned landmark cases shows the rarity of such actions.

A short list of overturned Supreme Court landmark decisions
Divided Supreme Court overturns Roe abortion precedents

by Scott Bomboy

The Supreme Court on Friday issued its opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson case, overturning precedents related to abortion first set…

Divided Supreme Court overturns Roe abortion precedents
When the term ends, what will you think of your Supreme Court?

by Marcia Coyle

The U.S. Supreme Court may wrap up its term in the next two weeks and many in the nation are watching closely for potential…

When the term ends, what will you think of your Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court’s Self-Inflicted Harms

by Marcia Coyle

The recent, leaked draft abortion opinion undoubtedly brings internal harm to the U.S. Supreme Court and external harm to its…

The Supreme Court’s Self-Inflicted Harms
Significant Supreme Court Cases Remaining in the 2021-2022 Term

by Scott Bomboy

With the Supreme Court approaching the start of summer, the justices will likely decide the court’s major remaining cases by…

Significant Supreme Court Cases Remaining in the 2021-2022 Term
The U.S. Supreme Court Cases Built on a “Rotten Foundation”

by Marcia Coyle

The U.S. Supreme Court has a number of old decisions that the justices no longer apply because time and the nation’s…

The U.S. Supreme Court Cases Built on a “Rotten Foundation”
On this day, the Missouri Compromise is approved

by NCC Staff

On March 3, 1820, Congress approved the Missouri compromise, a law that maintained a balance in the Senate between free and slave…

On this day, the Missouri Compromise is approved
On this day, the Supreme Court upholds limits on women and factory work hours

by Nicholas Mosvick

On February 24, 1908, the Supreme Court decided Muller v. Oregon, unanimously upholding an Oregon law setting a 10-hour limit on…

On this day, the Supreme Court upholds limits on women and factory work hours
On the day, Justice Noah Swayne confirmed by the Senate

by Nicholas Mosvick

On this day in 1862, Noah Swayne was confirmed by the Senate to replace Justice John McLean, one of two dissenters in the Dred…

On the day, Justice Noah Swayne confirmed by the Senate
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