If confirmed, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
David G. Savage
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer to retire, giving Biden his first appointment
The retirement of liberal pragmatist Stephen Breyer clears the way for President Joe Biden to make his first appointment to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court signals it could outlaw most affirmative action at universities
The Supreme Court takes on affirmative action, and its conservative justices might be ready to forbid race as a factor in admissions to universities — though the effect in California could be limited.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear major abortion case challenging Roe vs. Wade
A more conservative Supreme Court will weigh a woman’s right to choose abortion.