1973 Saturday Night Massacre 50th Anniversary
President Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the bala…
618 viewsPresident Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the bala…
618 viewsRetired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and his brother, federal Judge Charles Breyer, discussed their San Francisco upbringing and legal careers with the Supreme Court Historical …
566 viewsRetired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said that Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization--the case that struck down Roe v. Wade and federal abortion rights--specifically applied t…
534 viewsIn his new book, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer cautioned against attempts to reform the high court. He was in conversation with CNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic. Smithsonian Associates…
1,144 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Biden v. Texas, a case stemming from the Biden administration’s attempt to end the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols program, which…
3,668 viewsThe Supreme Court heard a consolidated oral argument in West Virginia v. EPA, a case on the Clean Air Act and how much authority the agency has to issue major rules to regulate and limit gre…
4,049 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, a case on gun rights that challenges New York law requiring a person show cause in order to be …
22,734 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson, a case on the constitutionality of a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The case is the latest c…
59,695 viewsThe Supreme Court held a swearing-in ceremony for Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the constitutional …
3,539 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kennedy v. Bremerton, a case on whether a high school football coach praying at the 50-yard line is protected religious expression and free speech. J…
6,039 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, a case on whether state governments can prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes on Indian land. Victor Manuel Castro-Huert…
3,171 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Nance v. Ward, a case on a Georgia death row inmate’s legal effort to be executed by a firing squad instead of lethal injection because of his medica…
863 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Golan v. Saada, concerning international custody disputes involving children and the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Chil…
1,264 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, a case on civil procedure and whether state lawmakers can intervene in a lawsuit to defend a …
910 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in George v. McDonough, a case concerning veterans denied disability benefits and the appeals process. Under federal law, veterans are entitled to benef…
1,038 viewsThe Supreme Court hears oral argument in Shoop v. Twyford, a case on habeas corpus relief.
565 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Ruan v. United States, a consolidated case on whether physicians can be convicted for illegal distribution of controlled substances, like opioids, if…
3,917 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Vega v. Tekoh, a case concerning Miranda warnings. In March 2014, Terence Tekoh was detained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for sexua…
1,236 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kemp v. United States, a case on criminal law and federal civil procedure rules. Specifically, the case involves subsections of Rule 60 (b), which co…
647 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Washington, a case on workers' compensation standards for federal contract workers.
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