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Regardless of Trump cases, Supreme Court stakes are huge in 2024
When the U.S. Supreme Court term began last fall, the docket contained a number of major cases but had little of the potential…
Sandra Day O’Connor’s role in landmark Supreme Court cases
The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor played a key role in some of the Supreme Court’s major decisions during her nearly 25…
America’s relic: The story of the Lincoln catafalque
On Dec. 19, 2023, the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose at the Supreme Court upon the Lincoln catafalque. The…
On this day, Bush v. Gore settles 2000 presidential race
On December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended a Florida vote recount in the presidential election contest between George W. Bush…
Retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor passes away at 93
The Supreme Court announced this morning that retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who left the bench in 2006, has…
On This Day: Senate rejects Robert Bork for the Supreme Court
On October 23, 1987, the United States Senate held one of the most-controversial votes on a Supreme Court nominee in its history,…
Aaron Burr’s trial and the Constitution’s treason clause
It was on this day in 1807 that former Vice President Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason charges. The trial was truly a “Trial…
Thurgood Marshall’s unique Supreme Court legacy
On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first Black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall…
Did Congress invade the judicial power to protect a pipeline?
A political deal to secure the vote of a Democratic senator in the recent debt ceiling battle has teed up a U.S. Supreme Court…
Supreme Court rules against Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program
A divided Supreme Court on Friday has struck down an expansive debt-relief program for student loans created during the Covid-19…
