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Retired Justice Stephen Breyer's advice to a divided nation: Let everyone speak, disagree respectfully, and then go play cards
Worried about a divided America, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer wants peopl…
Katie Balevic
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Amy Coney Barrett received $425,000 for a forthcoming book, new financial disclosures show
Justice Neil Gorsuch reported that he received cowboy boots worth nearly $700 related to a Texas Su…
Oma Seddiq
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Ketanji Brown Jackson says she grew emotional during Cory Booker's speech because 'it felt like someone understood how difficult it had been'
The incoming Supreme Court associate justice also said she was "shocked" by the leak of the draft o…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring from the Supreme Court
Breyer, 83, is retiring amid mounting pressure from progressives to have him leave the bench while …
Oma Seddiq,Natalie Musumeci,Sonam Sheth
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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he won't support Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court because 'we disagree on judicial philosophy'
"Judge Jackson has impeccable credentials and a deep knowledge of the law, but ... she refused to c…
John L. Dorman
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TMZ tracked down retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, who said he thinks Clarence Thomas is 'fine' after being hospitalized
TMZ approached Breyer as he was leaving a restaurant in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court has decli…
Jake Lahut
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McConnell says he is undecided on backing Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court
"The committee will ask her all the tough questions," the Kentucky Republican said. "I haven't made…
John L. Dorman
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Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he did 'everything' he could to stop the overturning of Roe v. Wade
"Did I do everything I could to persuade people? Of course, of course," Breyer said during an inter…
Natalie Musumeci,Oma Seddiq
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'Dark money' groups are mobilizing around Biden's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
Such "dark money" groups are primed to together spend millions of dollars to promote — or tra…
C. Ryan Barber,Dave Levinthal
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Ketanji Brown Jackson links her historic Supreme Court nomination to the first Black federal judge: 'I stand on Judge Motley's shoulders'
If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.
Brent D. Griffiths
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Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
If confirmed, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court, and wil…
Oma Seddiq
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RBG nomination records reveal Ron Klain's playbook for putting a Black woman on the Supreme Court
Ron Klain helped put Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Clinton White House records show how…
C. Ryan Barber,Warren Rojas
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A former clerk for a SCOTUS frontrunner edited Wikipedia pages to make her look better and her rivals worse, report says
Matteo Godi, who clerked for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, edited the Wikipedia pages two days after…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Former Sen. Doug Jones will guide Biden's Supreme Court nominee through confirmation: report
Jones, who served in the Senate from 2018 to 2021, has known the president for decades and was on t…
John L. Dorman
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Ted Cruz says it's 'offensive' and an 'insult' that Biden pledged to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court
Many Republicans have criticized Biden for vowing to nominate a Black woman, despite President Rona…
John Haltiwanger,Oma Seddiq
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GOP Sen. Susan Collins said she'd 'welcome' a Black woman on the Supreme Court but called Biden's process 'clumsy'
"I believe that diversity benefits the Supreme Court, but the way that the president has handled th…
Connor Perrett
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Biden didn't push Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, felt an aggressive campaign would misfire: report
Biden has deep reverence for the role of a Supreme Court justice and rejected prodding the justice …
John L. Dorman
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A GOP senator said Biden's next Supreme Court pick will be a 'beneficiary' of affirmative action
Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement opens the door for Biden to fulfill his promise to nominate the…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Incoming Georgetown Law professor prompts backlash by saying Biden will pick 'lesser Black woman' for Supreme Court
Ilya Shapiro, who is set to start at Georgetown Law on Tuesday, deleted the tweet and apologized af…
Alexandra Ma
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Biden announces Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement and says he will name a Black woman as his successor
Breyer, 83, has served on the nation's highest court for almost 28 years. He plans to step down thi…