As Americans, we expect leaders to be put in positions of power that will benefit us to the fullest extent. Supreme Court Justices are no exception. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was introduced in late February 2022 and sat through a series of confirmation hearings to determine her competency as a potential Justice. Read More
Following recent appeals made by Kentucky and three other states, the issue of whether it is constitutional to ban same-sex marriage in the U.S. may finally be heard by the nation’s highest judicial power, the Supreme Court. On Nov. 6, in a 2-1 vote, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the right for Read More
The Supreme Court began its October session last week. Oral arguments on important issues will be heard. Opinions won’t be released until June. There will be lots of speculation in between now and then. It might as well start here. Several cases concerning state law will be heard. That’s the common thread. Whether a state Read More
As advocates across the nation celebrated a U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday morning, many understood it would be the first step of several in a fight for marriage equality. Others thought it might have been a step in the wrong direction. The high court decided with a 5-4 vote that legally married same-sex couples will Read More