The Latest Breaking News from US Supreme Court

The court's "shadow docket" ruling is "unprecedented," "extraordinary" and "unnecessary," liberal justices say

WASHINGTON — By late afternoon on the third day of her U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing, it appeared Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson had had enough.

Some Republican senators argue that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s experience as a public defender shows that she is “soft on crime.” Those ridiculous assertions, certain to be repeated at her confirmation hearings this week, are tantamount to arguing that defending a person accused (rightly or wrongly) of a…

US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record of sentencing in child pornography cases and advocacy for terror suspects as she was grilled Tuesday in her bid to be the first Black woman on the country’s highest judicial bench.

She represented some of the most vulnerable people in the criminal justice system. Her perspective is vital for safeguarding constitutional rights under threat, advocates tell Alex Woodward

SEATTLE — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not review a case involving Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, which was sued in 2017 over its anti-LGBTQ+ hiring policy after it declined to hire a bisexual lawyer who applied for a job.

As Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearings get under way, Al Jazeera examines her path to the United States’ top court.

Bill Cosby avoided renewed legal jeopardy on Monday when the US Supreme Court declined to hear a bid by prosecutors to undo last year's ruling in Pennsylvania that overturned the 84-year-old actor and comedian's 2018 sexual assault conviction. The justices let stand the decision by a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court…

The Duchess of Sussex has celebrated Joe Biden’s choice of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court.