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Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky was suspended from his contracting role with the Army and is under investigation after replying to a tweet from first lady Jill Biden on abortion rights.

After four years of contested litigation, the D.C. Circuit cursorily resolves the meaning of the Emoluments Clauses without any acknowledgment of contrary positions.

TAMPA, Fla. -- For the first time in its 232-year history, a Black woman holds a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The US Supreme Court’s annual term usually finishes at the end of June, so late June is when the most important decisions are likely to be announced.

Each of the 13 federal circuit courts of appeals gets a Justice assigned to it, mainly to handle one-Justice applications (for stays, extensions of time, and the like) coming from that Circuit. They are often given to Justices based on their connections to the circuit. Several Justices have the circuits…

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Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, on Thursday became the first Black woman elevated to the nation’s highest court. Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted that her “ascension to the bench now tells the world that the seemingly impossible is possible. So proud!”

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Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court on Thursday, replacing retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, who administered the judicial oath at her ceremony.