To anyone with a normal, passing familiarity with the Supreme Court, the news earlier this year that a majority of justices were poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that held that a woman’s right to get an abortion was protected by the constitution, probably came as a …
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday became the first Republican to express her support for Ketanji Brown Jackson, all but assuring she will be confirmed as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. It took a second meeting with Jackson on Tuesday afternoon for Collins to feel …
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This is hard. The country lost one of its all-time greats tonight. A woman whodedicated almost every second of her professional lifeto making this country better, more just, more equal. She worked until the very end. And on her death bed,she dictated to her granddaughterthe following: “My most fervent wish …
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