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Chief Justice John Roberts delivered Thursday's Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based admissions in higher education

In a 6–3 decision, the Court ruled that race-based affirmative action in college admissions violates the 14th Amendment.

Court overturns plans allowing colleges to consider applicant’s race during admissions process

No, state legislatures do not have almost unchecked authority regarding federal elections; state courts are empowered to decide whether the district lines legislators draw and the voting laws they write are consistent with state constitutions and legally created independent commissions and other entities having legitimate roles as well. That was…

With Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper, the reckless, anti-democratic arrogance of North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders finally hit a wall.

North Carolina Republicans requested justices issue after following dispute over electoral maps. Plus, Brittney Griner’s triumphant return to the WNBA

The ‘independent state legislature’ theory was a terrifying threat to voting rights and never should have made it this far

The problem for the justices is that all the recent ethics stories — and more — are a corrosive drip, drip, drip, eroding public confidence in the court.

Alito has a close relationship with Charles Cooper, whose law firm is representing petitioners in the pivotal case