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Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court

Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place Thursday of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took effect this afternoon.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as US Supreme Court justice

Justice Jackson is the first-ever Black woman to serve on the nation’s high court

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black female Supreme Court justice

She was sworn in shortly after Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement became effective.

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Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires from Supreme Court

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is set to be sworn in as the court's 116th justice on Thursday

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in to supreme court after ruling deals blow to climate crisis – as it happened

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman in US history to sit on the nation’s highest court

The Guardian - US

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first black woman on US Supreme Court

Justice Jackson, 51, has become part of the liberal bloc of the conservative-dominated court

Evening Standard

Ketanji Brown Jackson - live: First Black woman sworn in as Supreme Court justice after Stephen Breyer retires

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Court's conservative majority isn't going anywhere

Last week’s two significant Supreme Court decisions – loosening some restrictions on American’s gun owners and restricting abortions for the nation’s women – represent the ultimate impact of Donald Trump’s narrow 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton.

Tribune News Service

High court noon: Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is officially becoming a justice

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court rules Oklahoma can prosecute crimes on Native American land

‘The Court’s precedents establish that Indian country is part of a State’s territory,’ Kavanaugh writes as Gorsuch slams majority for ‘ahistorical and mistaken’ interpretation ‘of Indian law’

The Independent UK

Justice Breyer's Final(?) Majority Opinion Is A Win For Federal Power

Justice Breyer consistently resisted conservative efforts to constrain federal power, so his opinion in Torres is a fitting swan song.

Reason

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to step down on Thursday

Breyer’s departure paves the way for Ketanji Brown Jackson to start her tenure as the first Black woman on US top court.

Al Jazeera

Stephen Breyer Officially Retires Tomorrow, Opening a Seat for Ketanji Brown Jackson

“My retirement from active service,” Breyer told the president, “will be effective on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at noon.”

Reason

Military veterans can sue Texas over employee discrimination allegations, U.S. Supreme Court rules

Texas had claimed sovereign immunity when a former state trooper filed a lawsuit accusing the state of not giving him an accommodation when he returned from military service.

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Stephen Breyer will retire this week, paving way for Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as Supreme Court justice

Judge Jackson will replace Breyer following this year’s controversial term with the new conservative-majority court

Axios

Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court on Thursday

Breyer said that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson "is prepared to take the prescribed oaths" to succeed him.

Reason

Final Supreme Court Opinions Tomorrow, Followed by Justice Breyer's Retirement at Noon

There are only two argued cases left for decision -- the last two to be decided with Justice Breyer on the Court.

Reason

SCOTUS Rules That Doctors Who Write Prescriptions in Good Faith Can't Be Convicted of Drug Trafficking

The unanimous decision will rein in prosecutions that have long had a chilling effect on pain treatment.

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The Independent UK

Justices side with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes

The Supreme Court has ruled for doctors who face criminal charges for overprescribing powerful pain medication, in a case arising from the opioid addiction crisis

Tribune News Service

Editorial: A devastating defeat for the rights of women

Overturning Roe v. Wade is not the first time the Supreme Court has driven a dagger into the heart of human rights and further divided a deeply troubled nation. But not since the 19th century have there been other decisions so dreadfully indefensible and consequential.

Tribune News Service

Abortion, gun rulings show Supreme Court ready to ‘jolt’ system

Back-to-back rulings on guns and abortion eliminated any doubt the U.S. Supreme Court will be the transformational force Republicans envisioned when they filled three vacancies during Donald Trump’s presidency.

The Independent UK

Justices' past abortion views, in their own words and votes

More than a month ago, a stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicated that the Supreme Court was prepared to take the momentous step of overruling the Roe v. Wade decision from 1973 and stripping away women’s constitutional protections for abortion

The Independent UK

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings

Sweeping Supreme Court rulings on guns and abortion this past week have sent an unmistakable message

The Texas Tribune

In Roe decision, Justice Clarence Thomas invites new legal challenges to contraception and same-sex marriage rights

Experts told The Texas Tribune that Thomas’ opinion signals an openness from the court to reconsidering other settled legal precedents related to rights the court has ruled are protected by the constitution.

WEKU

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. The court's liberals warn that other rights could now be vulnerable.

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