On Oct. 15, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that has the potential to curtail portions of the Voting Rights Act. If you just read the headlines, you’d think the Voting Rights Act was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will be closing to the public after running out of funding Oct. 18 during the government shutdown but the justices will keep hearing cases, the court announced. While ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled it could upend a central pillar of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The question at the heart of arguments is whether lawmakers can use race as a factor ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s six conservative justices indicated Wednesday that they would limit the use of race to determine the boundaries of congressional districts — a move that could ...

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement ...

The Supreme Court leaned toward restricting the use of race in redistricting during high-stakes oral arguments Wednesday over Louisiana’s congressional map that could curtail a central provision of ...

During oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully rebuked an attorney defending Louisiana’s congressional map, interrupting his claim that plaintiffs ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a major voting rights case that could cement Republicans’ control of the House, with the court’s conservative majority signaling they could ...

WASHINGTON — Oral arguments wrapped earlier today in U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais, which concerns equal representation for Black voters in Louisiana and the role of race in redistricting ...

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