President Joe Biden has fulfilled a campaign promise by nominating the first Black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court. The president selected federal appellate judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, to take the place of retiring liberal Justice Stephen Breyer. Jackson worked as…
Since Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement in January after nearly 28 years on the bench, experts have been speculating who will take his place. President Joe Biden promised during his presidential campaign to place a Black woman on the court when a…
On January 13, the Supreme Court issued its decisions on two controversial COVID vaccine mandates. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandate would require employers with 100 or more workers to be vaccinated against COVID or face weekly COVID tests and mask wearing in…
During the first week of January, the Supreme Court began hearing expedited arguments in cases related to President Biden’s mandates regarding COVID-19 vaccinations.
Healthcare giant Johnson and Johnson has sparked outrage by using a controversial law to block nearly 40,000 pending lawsuits claiming their beloved baby powder has caused cancer for decades. Furthermore, the company knew this and did not disclose it. The archaic Texas corporation law, known…
When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they never envisioned how their work, the First Amendment, in particular, would impact today’s state of affairs. They could not have foreseen how Americans would be using smartphones for everything, including students who chatter away online 24/7. It…
Merrick Garland served as the head prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing. Ketanji Brown Jackson served as the judge who ruled against President Donald Trump’s legal advisor, denying Don McGahn absolute immunity during the Robert Mueller investigation. Garland attended Harvard University as well as Harvard…
The nation’s highest court refused on June 1 to hear an appeal from household giant Johnson & Johnson. $2 billion was awarded to women who sued the company over its classic talc products, claiming asbestos in the products gave them ovarian cancer. Johnson & Johnson…
It was a scene played out on Snapchat countless times before and since. It was a Saturday in May of 2017. Brandi Levy, a 14-year-old junior varsity cheerleader with a buddy in tow, decided to take a selfie in the parking lot of a convenience…
Ned Manning, an attorney for 30 years in North Carolina, had heard mentions over the decades that another lawyer from his small hometown of Kinston had argued a civil rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court. “Fred Harrison was a general practitioner and did criminal…