Court Watch with Alex Swoyer
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Recent Stories
Supreme Court rules race-based affirmative action unconstitutional
Race-infused affirmative action programs violate the Constitution's guarantees of equal treatment, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a pair of monumental decisions striking down the policies used by major colleges and universities to try to add more Black and Hispanic students to their ranks.
Supreme Court rules for ex-mail carrier refusing to work on Sabbath
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of an ex-postal worker who challenged the U.S. Postal Service for refusing to back his religious accommodation not to work on the Sabbath.
Race in college admission essays could spark new legal battles, court watchers say
The man who led the lawsuit that upended universities' race-based affirmative action policies warned schools against trying to find a workaround by asking Black and Hispanic applicants to focus on their race or ethnicity in their admission essays.
Jackson, Sotomayor neck and neck for label of most left-leaning justice
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's first term on the bench has left Supreme Court watchers wondering whether the court's first Black female jurist is its most liberal or whether that title belongs to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's first Hispanic member.
Roberts warns Supreme Court justices to stop sniping at each other
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. closed out the Supreme Court's term on Friday with a warning to justices to cut out the carping, saying that the increasingly harsh language they're using in their opinions to attack each other's rulings is hurting the court.
Supreme Court shoots down Biden's student loan forgiveness
The Supreme Court struck down President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, ruling Friday that those kinds of big policy questions must be left to Congress, not to executive action.
Supreme Court sides with Christian web designer challenging pro-LGBTQ law
The Supreme Court ruled Friday in favor of a Christian website designer who refuses to build same-sex wedding sites in violation of her faith, reasoning the government can't compel business owners to speak against their will.
'Pride' rainbow cookies available in Supreme Court cafeteria
The Supreme Court is offering "Pride" rainbow cookies in its cafeteria, according to a photograph of the bakery case shared on Twitter on Thursday.
