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Created Equal: Does SCOTUS ruling on the Colorado insurrection clause set a dangerous precedent? 

Created Equal March 12, 2024

Early this month, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled to restore Donald Trump to the 2024 presidential primary ballot in...

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Activists demonstrate as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, in Washington, Oct. 31, 2022.
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Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions and says race cannot be a factor

Associated Press June 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new...

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Debbie Dingell talks with Haley Stevens at the Oakland University gubernatorial debates in October 2022.
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US Rep. Debbie Dingell criticizes Supreme Court for limiting Clean Water Act scope

Quinn Klinefelter May 26, 2023

Michigan members of Congress are criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that limits the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency....

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Internet regulation, student loan debt forgiveness, Affirmative Action: Examining the biggest US Supreme Court cases in 2023

Detroit Today March 6, 2023

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe v. Wade last year and removed federal...

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Student debt relief advocates gather outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, ahead of arguments over President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan.
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Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions

Associated Press February 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce...

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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allows states to ban abortions

Dave Kim June 24, 2022

Story updated to include Governor Gretchen Whitmer's statement. After months of speculating the fate of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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The consequences of the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

Detroit Today May 5, 2022

On Monday, a leaked opinion drafted by the United States Supreme Court indicated that a majority of the court’s justices are prepared...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Stephen Henderson on leaked Roe v. Wade opinion: What does this future decision call on us to do?

Detroit Today May 3, 2022

  The following is an essay from WDET Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: There are a lot of reactions already,...

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Watch Live: Senate holds confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

admin March 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee begins historic confirmation hearings Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance

An explainer of the Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Detroit Today March 23, 2022

  If confirmed, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first African American woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Why the president’s Supreme Court nomination matters

Detroit Today February 28, 2022

A Black woman has never been appointed to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. That could be...

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Watch live: Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement

NPR, Associated Press January 27, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, numerous sources said Wednesday, giving President Joe Biden his...

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