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Justice Elena Kagan says “time will tell” whether the Supreme Court can get back to “finding common ground” after a term in which the court’s six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights

SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan warned the ruling could lead to "heightened risk of corruption"

The Court's newest justice was an extremely active questioner during the Supreme Court's October arguments.

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in agriculture groups' challenge to a California law about treatment of pigs.

The conservative court returns with a new slate of controversial cases while facing allegations of illegitimacy, extremism and partisan judgment. Alex Woodward explains what’s at stake

Legitimacy. The word has dominated discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court for years. Some, mostly on the left, claim that the court has lost its legitimacy. The debate on this question even has spread to the court itself, with comments on the matter made by Justices Elena Kagan, John Roberts…

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears open to making it harder to create majority Black electoral districts

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s liberals, including new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, strongly defended the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, arguing that Alabama should be required to draw election maps that give Black voters a chance at equal representation.

In Merrill v Milligan, the court will decide whether Alabama’s new congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act

Potential ruling on Voting Rights Act could “obliterate” many majority-minority congressional districts, one attorney said.

The conservative court returns with a new slate of controversial cases while facing allegations of illegitimacy, extremism and partisan judgment. Alex Woodward explains what’s at stake