JOHN PAUL STEVENS

Legislation that ensures same-sex and interracial marriages are recognized as legal unions appears headed for final approval and President Joe Biden’s signature.

A judge has accepted a plea deal for a man who randomly killed a Florida couple in their garage six years ago and then chewed on one victim’s face.

A judge has accepted a plea deal for a man who randomly killed a Florida couple in their garage six years ago and then chewed on one victim’s face.

A former college student who randomly killed a Florida couple in their garage six years ago and then chewed on one victim’s face is finally set to go on trial on Monday.

The oldest president in U.S. history is hitting a milestone birthday.

Justice Elena Kagan says “time will tell” whether the Supreme Court can get back to “finding common ground” after a term in which the court’s six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights.

Until last week when he swore in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer had a rigorous, intellectually challenging job with the highest of stakes.

Rick Bowness will not return as the coach of the Dallas Stars.

Running through the recent history of justices weighing whether to step aside — and then deciding against it.

The judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes.

When Ketanji Brown Jackson’s younger daughter was 11, she drafted a letter to President Barack Obama suggesting her federal-judge mom for a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Leondra Kruger was once a clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and she's often thought of his advice to "always work hard and do your best.”.

In the nearly 30 years that Justice Stephen Breyer has spent on the Supreme Court, it's been conservative, then more conservative and now much more conservative.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement gives President Joe Biden a chance to make his first nomination to the high court.

President Joe Biden has strongly affirmed that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Multiple sources say Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire.

President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court, and each of them would fulfill his campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court.

Supreme Court Health Care Politics FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break. Now they'll have to decide whether to hear other cases involving religious freedom claims. Also waiting is a case involving a Catholic hospital in Maryland sued by a transgender man who sought to have a hysterectomy. The decision was written by Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who acknowledged it was the most unpopular opinion he ever wrote.

A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break.

A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break.

Supreme Court Health Care Politics FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break. Now they'll have to decide whether to hear other cases involving religious freedom claims. Also waiting is a case involving a Catholic hospital in Maryland sued by a transgender man who sought to have a hysterectomy. The decision was written by Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who acknowledged it was the most unpopular opinion he ever wrote.

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON – Forgive progressives who aren't looking forward to the sequel of their personal “Nightmare on First Street," a Supreme Court succession story. Other liberal voices have said Breyer should retire when the court finishes its work for the term, usually by early summer. Among the names being circulated are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs. Breyer's departure wouldn't do anything to change the conservatives' 6-3 edge on the Supreme Court.

President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Garland as Attorney General. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people familiar with the selection process said Wednesday. Garland was selected over other finalists including former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. At the time of the bombing, Garland was 42 and principal associate deputy attorney general, a top lieutenant to Attorney General Janet Reno. Eric Holder, President Barack Obama’s first attorney general, had also previously been a Superior Court judge in the District of Columbia.

An effort to require public-school students to engage in a moment of silence at the start of each school day is back before the state Legislature. “Young persons are particularly affected by the absence of an opportunity for a moment of quiet reflection. During the 2020 session, Baxley said a moment of silence could help set a “different tone” for the day. Under Baxley’s proposal, first-period teachers would have to encourage parents or guardians to discuss with their children the moment of silence and how best to use the time. Teachers also would not be allowed to suggest the nature of any silent reflection that students would engage in.

WASHINGTON – With crowds of admirers swelling outside, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was remembered Wednesday and Thursday at the court by grieving family, colleagues, President Donald Trump and others as a prophet for justice who persevered against long odds to become an American icon. “This was Justice Ginsburg’s life’s work. Since Ginsburg’s death Friday evening, people have been leaving flowers, notes, placards and all manner of Ginsburg paraphernalia outside the court in tribute. On Friday, Ginsburg will lie in state at the Capitol, the first woman to do so and only the second Supreme Court justice after William Howard Taft. Martin Ginsburg died in 2010.

The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. Ginsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington at 87, the court said. Late in her court tenure, she became a social media icon, the Notorious RBG, a name coined by a law student who admired Ginsburg’s dissent in a case cutting back on a key civil rights law. Her mother, Celia Bader, died of cancer the night before Ginsburg, then 17, was to graduate from high school.

Trump released two lists with a total of 21 names of potential Supreme Court nominees during his previous presidential campaign and added another five names in 2017 after becoming president. Trumps two nominees to the court, Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, were both drawn from the list. Biden, too, has said hes working on a list of potential nominees, but the campaign has given no indication that it will release names before the election. While all presidents tend to look for the same characteristics in potential Supreme Court picks, including stellar legal credentials, nearly half of those named by Trump Wednesday are non-judges. Of the 11 judges on the list, 10 were nominated by Trump to their current posts.

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is preparing to again release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees, one that voters can compare to rival Joe Biden's promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court if given the chance. Im optimistic that youll see those SCOTUS picks in coming days, Meadows said, using an acronym for Supreme Court of the United States. Trump released two lists of potential Supreme Court nominees during his previous presidential campaign, one with 11 names in May 2016 and another with 10 names that September. Regardless of party, presidents tend to look for the same characteristics in potential Supreme Court picks. More recently, nominees have also previously clerked for a Supreme Court justice, an early mark of legal smarts.

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is preparing to again release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees, one that voters can compare to rival Joe Biden's promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court if given the chance. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that Trumps list will be released soon. Trump released two lists of potential Supreme Court nominees during his previous presidential campaign, one with 11 names in May 2016 and another with 10 names that September. Regardless of party, presidents tend to look for the same characteristics in potential Supreme Court picks. More recently, nominees have also previously clerked for a Supreme Court justice, an early mark of legal smarts.

STUART, Fla. – A judge in Florida has granted a motion to have another mental health expert evaluate a Florida college student accused of fatally attacking a couple outside their home and chewing off part of the man's face. Harrough was a 19-year-old Florida State University student when the attack happened. Defense expert Dr. Phillip Resnick wrote in 2019 that Harrouff, now 23, believed he was “half-man, half-dog" when he attacked the couple. The state's expert, psychologist Gregory Landrum, evaluated Harrouff for five hours in October and concluded he was insane at the time. “Such an event is highly unusual as people with mental illness are no more likely to commit violent crimes than ordinary members of the public,” Landrum wrote.

Five of the nine current justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, attended a brief ceremony. Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, visited after the ceremony, pausing silently in front of the casket for a few moments. Before walking to the casket, Trump shook hands with Roberts, who the Republican president has criticized in the past. During the ceremony, liberal Justice Elena Kagan, who replaced Stevens on the court, delivered brief remarks. Stevens male relatives wore bow ties, echoing the late justices signature sartorial preference.

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is lying in repose at the Supreme Court on Monday as Washington honors a leading liberal voice on the high court. The retired justice who was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 died Tuesday. Former law clerks to the justice will serve as honorary pallbearers as his casket arrives at the Supreme Court for viewing by the public. A private funeral and final burial will take place at Arlington National Cemetery. Stevens served on the Supreme Court until he retired at the age of 90 in 2010.

He retired in 2010, allowing Democratic President Barack Obama to pick his replacement, liberal Justice Elena Kagan. Chief Justice John Roberts poses for a 2006 class photo inside the Supreme Court in Washington March 3, 2006. It is the nations confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law, Stevens wrote in dissent. Slideshow (7 Images)He came to prominence as a member of a commission that forced the resignation of two Illinois Supreme Court justices. Stevens tenure on the Supreme Court began on Dec. 19, 1975, after his nomination was quickly and unanimously approved by the Senate.

The House voted to condemn President Trumps tweets directed at four congresswomen, but the divisiveness hasnt stopped there. Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times. (Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementCALIFORNIA-- An indictment links seven Los Angeles-area murders to the Fulton clique of the MS-13 gang in the last two years. Investigators say the gang, which was formed decades ago in Los Angeles, has recently escalated its violent tactics to increase its power. -- Los Angeles is trying to lead the world in fighting climate change, but much of its electricity comes from a coal-fired plant in Utah.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Justice John Paul Stevens, a Republican appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who later became an outspoken leader of the liberal wing as the court moved to the right, died on Tuesday at age 99. Chief Justice John Roberts poses for a 2006 class photo inside the Supreme Court in Washington March 3, 2006. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation, Chief Justice John Roberts said in the statement. He graduated from Northwestern Universitys law school and worked at the Supreme Court as a law clerk to Justice Wiley Rutledge in 1947-48. He came to prominence as a member of a commission that forced the resignation of two Illinois Supreme Court justicesStevens tenure on the Supreme Court began on Dec. 19, 1975, after his nomination was quickly and unanimously approved by the Senate.

Chief Justice John Roberts poses for a 2006 class photo inside the Supreme Court in Washington March 3, 2006. REUTERS/Larry DowningWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Justice John Paul Stevens, a Republican appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who later became an outspoken leader of the liberal wing as the court moved to the right, died on Tuesday at age 99, the court said in a statement. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation, Chief Justice John Roberts said in the statement. At the ideological center of the court, Stevens, one of its sharpest thinkers and best writers, often authored separate concurring or dissenting opinions that reflected his hard-to-label judicial philosophy. But as the court moved to the right in the early 1990s under Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Stevens became the leader of the liberal faction that included three other justices.

Associated PressWASHINGTON - WASHINGTON (AP) - John Paul Stevens, who served on the Supreme Court for nearly 35 years and became its leading liberal, has died. Stevens' influence was felt on issues including abortion rights, protecting consumers and placing limits on the death penalty. He led the high court's decision to allow terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay to plead for their freedom in U.S. courts. As a federal appeals court judge in Chicago, Stevens was considered a moderate when Republican President Gerald Ford nominated him. On the Supreme Court he became known as an independent thinker and a voice for ordinary people against powerful interests.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 as a moderate but later became a leading liberal voice, has died, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The cause of death was complications from a stroke he suffered on Monday, the Supreme Court said. Stevens served on the Supreme Court until he retired at the age of 90 in 2010. In nearly 35 years on the Supreme Court, Stevens became increasingly liberal. Stevens served as a United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1970 to 1975, when he was nominated by Ford to the Supreme Court.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has died, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. In 2010, the year he retired from the Court, he spoke with "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley. Justice Stevens took Pelley on a tour of the highest Court, including the justices' robing room, where network television had never before been. In January 2010, the Court overturned one hundred years of law that limited corporate money in politics. In his dissenting opinion, Justice Stevens offered a warning to the Court.

The cause was complications from a stroke that he suffered yesterday, according to an announcement from the Supreme Court. The only justices who served longer were William O. Douglas, whom Justice Stevens replaced in 1975, and Stephen J. Justice Stevens was awarded the Bronze Star for his work helping to decode a particularly difficult Japanese radio call sign. In frequent concurring and dissenting opinions, Justice Stevens explained the gradations of difference between his views and those of his colleagues, prompting a fellow justice, Potter Stewart, to quip that Justice Stevens "should have been called John Paul Jones - 'I have not yet begun to write.' In a concurring opinion, Justice Stevens defended Kennedy from a blistering dissent by Justice Antonin G. Scalia.

John Paul Stevens: "Money is not speech" Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says campaign finance limits should not be viewed as violations of the First Amendment.