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Supreme Court rejects GOP challenges to congressional maps in Pa., NC

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court turned away Republican challenges to congressional maps drawn for this year’s election by state courts in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2022

US Supreme Court Declines To Revisit The Bill Cosby Case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge brought by prosecutors in Pennsylvania regarding a state court ruling that overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.

Benzinga · Mar 7, 2022

US Supreme Court declines to hear push to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider reinstating Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault conviction, effectively ending a nearly two-decade legal saga that briefly saw the 84-year-old comedian incarcerated.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 7, 2022

Commentary: Affirmative action is under attack

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear two cases, one against Harvard and the other against the University of North Carolina. Filed by the conservative activist group Students for Fair Admissions, the cases challenge the legality of affirmative action, which allows colleges and universities to consider racial disparities —…

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2022

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar expects bipartisan backing for Ketanji Brown Jackson in Supreme Court confirmation

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar met with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, as the U.S. Supreme Court nominee made the rounds on Capitol Hill in advance of confirmation hearings later this month.

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2022

Community college district won't take disability case to Supreme Court following protests

LOS ANGELES — Responding to intense protests from the disability community, the Los Angeles Community College District's Board of Trustees has backed down from appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court over a lawsuit filed by two blind students claiming they were denied equal access to education.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 4, 2022

Dylann Roof takes church shooting appeal to US Supreme Court

Attorneys for convicted church shooter Dylann Roof have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide how to handle disagreements over mental illness-related evidence between capital defendants and their attorneys

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Editorial: Treat Supreme Court pick with fairness, honesty

Floridians don’t often expect their elected leaders to rise above partisanship, in part because they know it’s unlikely to happen. But as the U.S. Senate considers the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, Floridians should demand that senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio deal with…

Orlando Sentinel · Mar 2, 2022

Supreme Court declines to hear Georgia death-penalty appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider Georgia’s standard that lawyers contend makes it all but impossible for intellectually disabled capital defendants to prove they are intellectually disabled.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2022

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS concludes February sitting

Welcome to the Feb. 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia · Feb 28, 2022