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A group of voters are challenging Mississippi’s decades-old electoral map for the state Supreme Court, arguing the current districts dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians in a state where they comprise 40% of the population.
President Biden on Monday voiced his support for a series of measures that would dramatically reform the U.S. Supreme Court, including a proposal to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code.
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey is renewing his push to expand the U.S. Supreme Court by adding four seats, less than a day after President Biden announced his support for reforming the high court.
As the dust settles on a hugely impactful term from the U.S. Supreme Court, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pursuing an effort to remove conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas from the bench.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced articles of impeachment against U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today that severely weakens a key federal law that criminalizes obstructing an official proceeding — and affect the charges of hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters.
Dane County Judge Susan Crawford is seeking to preserve the high court’s liberal majority in her campaign to replace an outgoing justice on the state Supreme Court.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court temporarily suspended Donald Trump attorney James Troupis from his position on the court’s committee overseeing judicial conduct for his role in a fake electors scheme during the 2020 election.
One year ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark Allen v. Milligan decision, upholding a provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that serves as a critical defense against racially discriminatory electoral maps.
A group of House Democrats is pushing a legislative proposal that would establish an investigative body within the U.S. Supreme Court to probe potential ethical improprieties in the wake of another Court-related controversy.