After the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down New York’s concealed carry gun law and revoked women’s…
With the Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade, a look back at overturned landmark cases shows the rarity of such actions.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued its opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson case, overturning precedents related to abortion first set…
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…
The recent, leaked draft abortion opinion undoubtedly brings internal harm to the U.S. Supreme Court and external harm to its…
With the Supreme Court approaching the start of summer, the justices will likely decide the court’s major remaining cases by…
The U.S. Supreme Court has a number of old decisions that the justices no longer apply because time and the nation’s…
On March 3, 1820, Congress approved the Missouri compromise, a law that maintained a balance in the Senate between free and slave…
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 in 1862, Noah Swayne was confirmed by the Senate to replace Justice John McLean, one of two dissenters in the Dred…
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