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In emotional comments at Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing, the N.J. Democrat also expressed shock at the questioning she faced from some of his colleagues.

The testimony from the American Bar Association and other legal advocates came after two days of questioning from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

She declared at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday that she would rule “without any agendas” if approved as the high court’s first Black female justice.

Barring unexpected developments, Democrats hope to wrap up Jackson’s confirmation before Easter, though Breyer is not leaving the court until after the current session ends.

Jackson, 51, addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of her first day of confirmation hearings.

Next week the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, the federal judge President Biden has tapped as his Supreme Court nominee.

The class-action suit claims Philly’s broken curb cuts and dilapidated sidewalks violate the ADA. We may know by the end of March if a deal can be struck.

District Judge David Bunning in Ashland issued the ruling Friday in two longstanding lawsuits involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County.

Sen. Troy Singleton said the proposal would increase understanding of how American democracy works.

Legal experts and voting rights advocates warn the "independent state legislature doctrine" could radically alter election administration across the country.

A U.S. magistrate judge issued a recommendation Friday that said denying the New York Times access to what police collected could be seen as government censorship.

The injunction broadens District Judge Amy Clark Meachum’s earlier order blocking the state’s investigation of the parents of one transgender teenager.

Family members told a news conference in Jackson, Mississippi, that authorities have known for decades that Carolyn Bryant Donham played a key role in Till’s slaying.

Texas abortion providers say their best hope of stopping the nation’s most restrictive abortion law is all but over.

After seven years of waiting and months of oral arguments, the first phase of this historic trial ended Thursday.