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Supreme Court’s new ‘class photo’ includes number of firsts

The Supreme Court’s nine members have posed for their first formal group photo following the addition of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Independent UK

Supreme Court's new 'class photo' includes number of firsts

The Supreme Court’s nine members have posed for their first formal group photo following the addition of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Independent UK

Commentary: The illegitimate attacks on the Supreme Court’s legitimacy

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…

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Commentary: Democrats’ midterm chances are better partly because of one person: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

What a difference six months make. Earlier this year, it was generally conceded that Republicans would sweep to victories in the midterm elections, giving them control of the House and Senate.

Chicago Tribune

Justices mull latest challenge to landmark voting rights law

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

The Independent UK

New uncertainty thrown into Ald. Burke’s case, murder charges for aunt accused of throwing nephew off Navy Pier and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago judge named counselor to Chief Justice Roberts, creating new uncertainty in Burke case

New duties at high court for U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. could further delay racketeering case of Ald. Edward M. Burke, which Dow has presided over since 2019.

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SCOTUS gone wild: They're back for more!

Gutting abortion rights and the EPA wasn't enough. Now the Supreme Court goes for the big prize: Ending democracy

Salon

The Supreme Court will begin a new term with more contentious cases on its docket

The fate of affirmative action programs in college admissions, redistricting and elections are in the hands of the justices as the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term.

WEKU

Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice

The Supreme Court is beginning its new term after a break for summer

The Independent UK

Supreme Court poised to keep marching to right in new term

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday at a time of diminished public confidence and justices sparring openly over the institution’s legitimacy

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson formally introduced as newest Supreme Court justice

The first-ever Black woman on the nation’s high court is inaugurated days before a fall term begins

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gets formal induction before the new term

Ahead of the Supreme Court's term beginning next week, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson participated in a short, formal investiture ceremony on Friday.

WEKU

Kenneth Starr obituary

American lawyer whose 1998 Starr report led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton

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Editorial: Roberts asks why trust in the court has plunged. He’s seated among the answers

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts lamented recently that he didn’t “understand” why the court’s legitimacy has been diminished in Americans’ eyes merely because it has issued “opinions people disagree with.” If he really thinks that’s the problem, then, no, he doesn’t understand at all. Any sober assessment of the…

The Guardian - US

The Nation That Never Was review: a new American origin story, from the ashes of the old

Kermit Roosevelt III, descendant of Theodore, sees lessons for today’s divided nation in Reconstruction and the civil rights era

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Doing its job preserves Supreme Court’s legitimacy

The best way for the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve its legitimacy is to ignore public opinion.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chief Justice Roberts must face, and fix, public mistrust of Supreme Court

Rather than ask why many Americans now hold a dim view of the Supreme Court, Roberts has closed his ears and downplayed the public’s very valid concerns.

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The Independent UK

Justice Kagan cautions Supreme Court can forfeit legitimacy

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is cautioning that courts look political and forfeit legitimacy when they needlessly overturn precedent and decide more than they have to

The Guardian - US

John Roberts defends supreme court as Kamala Harris lashes out at Roe ruling

Chief justice warns against linking contentious decisions with court legitimacy as vice-president rebukes ‘activist court’

Axios

Chief Justice John Roberts defends Supreme Court's legitimacy ahead of new term

“If the court doesn’t retain its legitimate function of interpreting the constitution, I’m not sure who would take up that mantle," Roberts said.

WEKU

Chief Justice John Roberts defends the Supreme Court — as people's confidence wavers

After Roe was overturned, polls have shown a sharp drop in approval. Roberts says the court's role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions.

The Independent UK

Chief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court

Chief Justice John Roberts is defending the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions

The Independent UK

Chief Justice John Roberts to speak at Colorado conference

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is set to make his first public appearance since the court overturned Roe v. Wade, speaking Friday night at a judicial conference in Colorado

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Australian Wool Innovation grabs attention with new international ad campaign

Footage of men and women covered in black oil, and emerging from a swimming pool, are part of a new international ad campaign to sell more wool. Will it work?

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