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Senate passes bill to boost security for US Supreme Court justices

Sens. John Cornyn said threats to Supreme Court justices and their families are disgraceful and attempts to intimidate the independence of the judiciary branch shouldn't be tolerated

Abortion protesters rally in cities around US to ensure it remain legal

In the nation's capital, abortion rights protesters stood outside the Supreme Court, holding signs that said abortion is a human right, or Abort the Court

Rights of Americans are at risk: Kamala Harris on SC draft leak

She drew sharp contrasts with Republicans, who she said sought to limit the freedom of women and other Americans

As US gets ready to restrict abortion rights, other nations ease access

When the U.S. Supreme Court's final decision is handed down, expected in late June or early July, the world will be watching

US apex court to strike down law legalising abortion, says report

Politico said it obtained the initial draft majority opinion, which was signed by Justice Samuel Alito

US President Joe Biden blasts Supreme Court's abortion draft ruling

President Joe Biden says the basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that the U.S. Supreme Court not overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalised abortion nationwide. In a statement Tuesday, Biden said he would work to codify the right to abortion into federal law. Politico released a draft opinion that suggested the court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case. A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year's elections. It's unclear if the draft represents the court's final word on the matter opinions often change in the drafting process. ___ OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: Washington: The Supreme Court is known for keeping secrets. Year after year, in major case after major case, there's little beyond what the justices say during oral arguments that suggests how they will rule. That's what makes the leak of an apparent draft of an opinion in a major abortio

Florida governor DeSantis expected to sign abortion restriction bill

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was expected to sign a abortion ban into law as the state moves to join a growing conservative push ahead of a US Supreme Court decision that could limit access nationwide.

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black women to Supreme Court

The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to sit in the country's highest court.

Biden's Supreme Court nominee sent to Senate for floor debate, votes

US senators have voted to send the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve in the Supreme Court for floor debate and votes.

Ketanji Brown Jackson wins GOP vote, nearly assuring Supreme Court seat

Senate Democratic leaders are pushing toward a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination Monday and a final Senate vote to confirm Jackson late next week

US Senate committee begins hearings for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has started a series of hearings for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black US Supreme Court judge

Biden called Jackson a proven consensus builder who has "a pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American people.

US President Joe Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries

President Joe Biden weighs appeal of 3 top candidates for high court

President Joe Biden first zeroed in on a pair of finalists for his first US Supreme Court pick when there were rumours last year that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire.

Biden narrows list of candidates for Supreme Court, doing deep dive on 4

Biden appears to be narrowing his list of candidates for the Supreme Court, saying he's looking at about four people.

Joe Biden reaches for Republican support for Supreme Court nominee

Biden is reaching out for Republican support for his eventual Supreme Court nominee.

Democrats eye Biden's Supreme Court pick to revive 2022 prospects

Democrats stung by a series of election year failures to deliver legislative wins for their most loyal voters may have been buoyed by the prospect that Biden will name the first Black woman

Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of documents to Jan 6 riots panel

Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Trump's attorneys argued in their petition to the Supreme Court that both the Constitution and the Presidential Records Act give former Presidents a clear right to protect their confidential records from premature dissemination. This case presents a clear threat to that right." A federal appeals court ruled against Trump two weeks ago, but prohibited documents held by the National Archives from being turned over before the Supreme Court has a chance to weigh in. Trump appointed three of the nine justices. Trump sued the House Jan. 6 committee and the National Archives to stop the White House from allowing the release of documents related to the insurrection. Trump is claiming that as a former president he has right to assert executive privilege over the records, arguing that releasing them .

US Supreme Court to hold special session on vaccine requirements

The high court's announcement Wednesday that it will hear arguments in the cases January 7 comes amid rising coronavirus cases and is an extraordinarily fast timeline

US Supreme Court rejects appeal to end Wisconsin redistricting case

The US Supreme Court this week rejected a lawsuit from Wisconsin Republicans seeking to kill a redistricting case brought by Democrats