The Supreme Court Blocked Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan. Repayments Will Resume This Fall.
The Biden defeat is a blow to 40 million borrowers — especially women, who hold two-thirds of all student loan debt in the country.
What Will Happen Without Affirmative Action in Colleges? University Leaders Fear a Lapse in Diversity Efforts.
University presidents and education reform advocates are decrying the Supreme Court opinion, calling the decision "a true step back."
Breaking: Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action for Colleges
In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that "the court subverts the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by further entrenching racial inequality in education, the very foundation of our…
Clarence Thomas Encourages Constitutional Challenge To Whistleblower Law
United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas effectively invited corporations accused of fraud to bring a constitutional challenge against the False Claims Act, which could dismantle a law that whistleblowers…
Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water
Decades of negotiations between the tribe and Arizona over water rights have proven fruitless. The court case was the Navajo Nation’s bid to accelerate the process and secure water for…
The Voting Rights Act Dodged a Bullet — for Now
Five House seats may well shift to Democrats in the wake of "Allen v. Milligan."
Supreme Court Weakened Legal Protections for Striking. Only Jackson Dissented.
Unions still have the right to strike, but eight Supreme Court members erected barriers to that fundamental right.
Supremes Declare War on Wetlands
Seldom, if ever, will repercussions of a Supreme Court decision be so far-reaching and detrimental to life on the planet. It’s a dagger strike deep into the heart of the…
SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation of Everything From Workers’ Rights to Clean Air
Overruling “Chevron deference” could imperil our health, safety, labor, air, water, food and environmental protections.
DeSantis’ Anti-Press Bills Seem Dead, but Don’t Celebrate Yet
The right’s broad agenda still includes a decimation of media outlets that spotlight corporate and governmental misdeeds.
Supreme Court Decision Allows Abortion Pill to Continue Being Distributed by Mail
Friday’s ruling on the use of mifepristone will help ease the time, travel and cost associated with medication abortions.
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Mifepristone Restrictions in a Rare Win for Abortion Rights
The decision, issued Friday, delays a ruling from a federal appeals court and will allow abortion providers to continue providing the drug as usual for now.
Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal.
The transaction is the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to the Supreme Court justice. The sale netted the GOP megadonor two vacant lots and the house where…
The Unexpected Pro-Civil Liberty Dissent By Two Supreme Court Trump Appointees
Following Steven Donziger’s appeal to the appointing of three special prosecutors to his controversial contempt of court case, every justice, with the exception of Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh,…
Student Loan Forgiveness Program Appears Headed for Defeat in the Supreme Court
The right-wing “justices” seemed impervious to the economic plight of tens of millions with debilitating student debt.