AMY CONEY BARRETT

On the day before the start of a new Supreme Court term in an America wrestling with deep divisions, D.C.’s Catholic leaders reprised a celebration of God and good work that has stretched 70 years.

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday at a time of diminished public confidence and justices sparring openly over the institution’s legitimacy.

The Supreme Court says it will continue providing live audio broadcasts of arguments in cases.

Courting disaster

"The legitimacy of the court was undermined when they [Senate Republicans] wouldn't take up Merrick Garland," Franken said during a CNN segment.

A little-known federal judge appointed to the bench two years ago by Donald Trump is in the spotlight this week over her decision to hand the former president a major procedural win.

The few Republican candidates across the U.S. this year who say they support abortion rights still find themselves under attack on the issue.

Some alumni from Barrett’s alma mater say she broke the school honor code through ‘deeply inconsistent’ testimony.

Both Republican and Democratic presidents have their reasons for choosing nominees from such a small pool.

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled its bobblehead of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The bobbleheads are expected to ship in September.

Supreme Court Epic Term FILE - Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Seated from left are Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Abortion, guns and religion _ a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have made for a fateful Supreme Court term. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Amy Coney Barrett made the comments in a pretaped conversation made public for the first time Thursday evening. Justice Sotomayor has persuaded me.

Two of the Supreme Court justices who disagree most often on the outcomes of cases say they both still try hard to persuade each other, and sometimes succeed.

Two of the Supreme Court justices who disagree most often on the outcomes of cases say they both still try hard to persuade each other, and sometimes succeed. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Amy Coney Barrett made the comments in a pretaped conversation made public for the first time Thursday evening. Barrett, a conservative, and Sotomayor, a liberal, were on opposite sides of a decision last month in which the court stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion.

In the span of a month, the Supreme Court overturned a half-century-old abortion right, knocked down a century-old New York concealed firearm carry law, made it much harder to hold law enforcement accountable for constitutional violations, frustrated the EPA’s ability to regulate emissions and eroded the wall between church and state, a series of activist rulings in the name of constitutional ...

About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court won't allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. The court's order Thursday leaves the policy frozen nationwide for now. The vote was 5-4 with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in saying they would have allowed the Biden administration to put in place the guidance. The court also announced it would hear arguments in the case, saying they would be in late November. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

The Supreme Court won’t allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the U.S. illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.

Caitlin Bernard, an OB/GYN in Indianapolis, is also listed on an antiabortion website linked to Amy Coney Barrett before she was nominated to the Supreme Court and helped overturn Roe v. Wade.

The executive director of the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers has recommended Congress enact legislation nullifying Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption as it applies to minor league players.

Abortion, guns and religion _ a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have made for a fateful Supreme Court term.

Supreme Court Abortion Catholic Justices FILE - Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. In Dobbs, five justices voted to overturn Roe — Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas. The Supreme Court was dominated by Protestant justices for much of its history. The majority have been Catholic since the 1990s, and for several years in the last decade, the court had six Catholic justices, three Jews and no Protestants.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority.

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is set to be sworn in as the court's 116th justice on Thursday.

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.

Last week Clarence Thomas achieved two long-sought goals: expanding gun rights and overturning Roe v. Wade’s nationwide protection for abortion.

The Supreme Court has allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball’s antitrust exemption.

The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate.

The nine justices of the Supreme Court made clear in their landmark ruling Friday whether they stand on abortion.

Supreme Court Conservative Muscle FILE - Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File) (Erin Schaff)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court's sweeping rulings on guns and abortion sent an unmistakable message. They also showcased the enormous influence wielded by two stalwarts of the right, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. ___For AP’s full coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, go to https://apnews.com/hub/abortionCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Sweeping Supreme Court rulings on guns and abortion this past week have sent an unmistakable message.

Sen. Susan Collins is being criticized for the Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban abortion because the moderate Republican voted to confirm two of the justices who were in the majority opinion.

Trump nominated three of the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that affirmed a constitutional right to abortion.

Trump's three appointees to the high court were instrumental in gutting a federal right to an abortion.

"If you want to see an error in judgment, Clarence Thomas, look in the mirror," Jim Obergefell said in a statement.

The Supreme Court issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade.

The Supreme Court says it was wrong to wade into a dispute involving a Trump-era immigration rule that the Biden administration has abandoned, so the justices have decided to dismiss the case.

The new justice may help undercut her conservative colleague’s staunch defense of Native American sovereignty over judicial prosecutions and sentencing.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Native Americans prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court.

A man armed with a machete once broke into Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s vacation home in the Caribbean and took $1,000.

Protesters gathered outside of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home, where she lives with her husband and seven children, on Thursday evening, according to reports.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Supreme Court justices took in $800,000 in book royalties last year, a lucrative supplement to their judicial salaries, according to financial reports released Thursday. Justices are being paid $274,200 this year for their work on the bench; Chief Justice John Roberts gets a little more, $286,700. Justice Neil Gorsuch received $250,000 in royalties last year, and $900,000, since 2016 from HarperCollins. Gorsuch also reported a $700 pair of cowboy boots he got as a gift from the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society. Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring when the court finishes its work in early summer, reported $7,800 in royalty income from Penguin Random House.

Supreme Court financial disclosures reveal that the justices took in $800,000 in book royalties last year, a lucrative supplement to their judicial salaries.

A source told NPR clerks act as diplomats for justices, but the fear that their professional lives are under threat is straining the Supreme Court.

Take it from someone who was adopted: women need more options, not fewer.

A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.

With mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americans’ mind, the Supreme Court will soon issue its biggest gun ruling in more than a decade.

The Supreme Court on Monday made it more difficult for federal courts to review the factual determinations that can lead to the removal of noncitizens.

A sharply divided Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials’ decisions in some deportation cases, even when they have made what a dissenting justice called “egregious factual mistakes.”.

Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month.

A look at three common beliefs about the Supreme Court's expected ruling about Roe vs. Wade.

Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of Supreme Court justices living in the county who have faced protests outside their homes.

Supreme Court Abortion Pens for protesters are set up before anti-scaling fencing that blocks off the stairs to the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Washington. The meeting in the justices' private, wood-paneled conference room could be a tense affair in a setting noted for its decorum. No one aside from the justices attends and the most junior among them, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, is responsible for taking notes. Roberts stressed that the draft, written by Justice Samuel Alito and circulated in February, may not be the court's final word. But no dissent, separate opinion from Roberts, or even a revised draft majority opinion has been circulated among the justices, Politico reported.

The Supreme Court’s nine justices met in private for the first time since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v.

The House Natural Resources Committee announced its first-ever criminal referral to the Department of Justice on Wednesday, asking it to investigate whether Mike Ingram, an Arizona real estate developer and a campaign donor to Donald Trump, bribed public officials during Trump’s tenure as president, including then-Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt.

Have you been at home lately watching TV and had the sudden urge to add another human baby to your family? Good luck finding one!

From the archive: a selection of pieces about abortion rights and the courts.

What's “more traumatic?” McKinnon asked. “Ending an early pregnancy or giving full birth to a baby you can never see again because you put it on a Ferris wheel?”

Supreme Court Abortion What Justices Said FILE - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Oct. 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. I'll follow the law.“Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., asked Barrett whether she viewed Roe v. Wade as a “super precedent." By ‘it,’ I mean Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Gorsuch replied: “I would tell you that Roe v. Wade, decided in 1973, is a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court. Alito was the author of the leaked draft opinion, which declares the ruling in Roe v. Wade was "egregiously wrong from the start."

In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the landmark abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century.

John Roberts is heading a Supreme Court in crisis.

The Supreme Court confirmed the authenticity of the draft opinion, which was circulated among the justices in February.

The stunning leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v.

Furious Senate Democrats are vowing to vote on legislation to protect abortion access for millions of Americans.

A recent RAND Corporation survey found that nearly 75% of school district leaders around the country felt political polarization interfered with their ability to teach their students.

The case would allow Oklahoma to prosecute non-Indians for crimes against Native Americans on Indian lands, which as a result of the 2020 decision means about 40 percent of the state.

Supreme Court Indian Country FILE - Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Chuck Hoskin, Jr. speaks Dec. 3, 2021, in Tahlequah, Okla. The U.S. Supreme Court is to hear arguments Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Oklahoma's ongoing battle with Native Americans in what is known as the McGirt ruling. (AP Photo/Michael Woods, File) (Michael Woods)WASHINGTON — (AP) — A seemingly divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over Oklahoma's authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American lands, following a 2020 high court decision. Oklahoma appealed to the Supreme Court after a state court threw out the conviction against Victor Castro-Huerta, who is not Native American. The state court ruled Oklahoma lacked the authority to prosecute a crime committed against a Native American on tribal land.

A seemingly divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over Oklahoma’s authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American lands, following a 2020 high court decision.

More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided.

The Supreme Court is the only court in the nation without a code of ethics, with no external check on judges deciding their conflicts of interest.

Republican Kelly Tshibaka has filed to run as a candidate for the U.S. Senate race.

A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process.

Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.

Supreme Court Jackson Confirmation FILE - Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than it's been since the 1930s. Jackson, 51, is the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court following Thursday’s 53-47 vote by the Senate. Jackson could spend time arranging for her clerks and other staff for the Supreme Court, and closing down her current office.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than it’s been since the 1930s.

Supreme Court Nomination FILE - Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee March 21, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) (Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Senate is expected to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his historic pick. “Joyous for the senate, joyous for the Supreme Court, joyous for America.”Jackson, a 51 year-old federal appeals court judge, would be just the third Black justice, after Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, and the sixth woman. After a bruising hearing in which Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee aggressively interrogated Jackson on her sentencing record, three GOP senators came out and said they would support her. It was an attempted reset from three brutal Supreme Court battles during President Donald Trump’s presidency, when Democrats vociferously opposed the nominees, and from the end of President Barack Obama’s, when Republicans blocked Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland from getting a vote.

The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.

As the Senate moved closer to confirming the Supreme Court’s first Black female justice, the court’s first Latina told a university audience that the spotlight at times is harsh. But she was asked several questions about diversity, and what role her Latina heritage and humble upbringing played in her decision-making on the Supreme Court. I have worked as a district court judge, a circuit court judge. The Supreme Court is still closed to the public because of the pandemic, but this week saw the justices venturing out. Justice Amy Coney Barrett was at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, where other justices have preceded her.

Three Republican senators are breaking from their party to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks with Board of Trustees Chairman Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday that judges are not deciding cases to impose a “policy result,” but are making their best effort to determine what the law and the Constitution require. She urged Americans to “read the opinion” and consider the court's reasoning before making judgments about the outcome. Americans should judge the court — or any federal court — by its reasoning, she said. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney said they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, bolstering bipartisan support for the first Black woman to be nominated.

Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks with Board of Trustees Chairman Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday that judges are not deciding cases to impose a “policy result,” but are making their best effort to determine what the law and the Constitution require. She urged Americans to “read the opinion” and consider the court's reasoning before making judgments about the outcome. Americans should judge the court — or any federal court — by its reasoning, she said. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney said they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, bolstering bipartisan support for the first Black woman to be nominated.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says judges are not deciding cases to impose a “policy result,” but are making their best effort to determine what the law and the Constitution require.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he won’t vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The Supreme Court is casting doubt on Texas’ claim that it can’t be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

The letter followed news that Virginia Thomas urged then-President Trump's top aide Mark Meadows to try to overturn President Joe Biden's election win.

Through a decades-long career in conservative politics, Virginia Thomas has repeatedly maintained that her political activity represented no conflict of interest with the work of her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Supreme Court Virginia Thomas FILE - Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, arrives to watch Amy Coney Barrett take the Constitutional Oath on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington,Oct. The texts do not directly reference Thomas' husband or the Supreme Court. Virginia Thomas also has previously denied conflicts of interest between her activism and her husband's place on the high court. In February 2021, the Supreme Court rejected challenges to the election. Thanks for all you do.”The texts between Thomas and Meadows stop after November 24, 2020.

Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent weeks of text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to act to overturn the 2020 presidential election — furthering then-President Donald Trump’s lies that the free and fair vote was marred by nonexistent fraud.

The latest nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, has stressed the importance of religious faith in her life and career.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning about her sentencing of criminal defendants on Wednesday, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge.

With Jackson likely to be confirmed, it’s expected the GOP will push hard for her to recuse herself from a big affirmative action case involving Harvard University. Here’s some of the relevant history.

The GOP-controlled Senate confirmed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in just 27 days — far less time than the historical average.

Ginni Thomas' hard-driving style alienated one of Trump's aides so much that the staffer described her as a "wrecking ball," per NYT Magazine.

As liberation movements bloomed, they offered a vision of reproductive justice that was about equality, not just “choice.”

The nation's highest court has not been without a graduate of Harvard Law since 1881.

The newest Supreme Court Justice isn’t just another conservative—she’s the product of a Christian legal movement that is intent on remaking America.

Supreme Court Congress FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks to reporters after a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 14, 2021. Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Scott Applewhite, File) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, using the rapid 2020 confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a new standard. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, have repeatedly bucked their party on policy goals and could oppose a Supreme Court nominee if they considered that person too liberal. In a statement, Manchin said he takes the Senate's role to advise and consent on Supreme Court nominations “very seriously” and looks forward to meeting and evaluating the eventual nominee.

Supreme Court Congress FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks to reporters after a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 14, 2021. Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Scott Applewhite, File) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, using the rapid 2020 confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a new standard. Democrats could quickly hold committee hearings and even a full vote in the Senate before Breyer steps down, the aide said. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, have repeatedly bucked their party on policy goals and could oppose a Supreme Court nominee if they considered that person too liberal.

Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. In statements, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin made clear that they would move quickly once President Joe Biden makes his pick. Scott Applewhite, File) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, using the rapid 2020 confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a new standard. In statements, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., made clear that they would move quickly once President Joe Biden makes his pick. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, have repeatedly bucked their party on policy goals and could oppose a Supreme Court nominee if they considered that person too liberal.

Justices seated from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associated Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The Supreme Court is considering a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. Over the weekend, Whitmer tweeted that the right to abortion “hangs by a thread” in the Supreme Court. For their part, abortion opponents are undeniably upbeat as the Supreme Court decision nears. The thrice-married former president who once expressed support for abortion rights ultimately named three justices to the Supreme Court, dramatically reshaping it to threaten Roe.