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Jonathan Weisman
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Nancy Mace’s District Moved Right. Then She Helped Oust McCarthy.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on Representative Mace’s newly drawn South Carolina district, which has gotten redder since she was first elected.
Supreme Court Decisions on Education Could Offer Democrats an Opening
The decisions this week on affirmative action and student loans give Democrats a way to make a case on class and appeal to voters who…
Spurred by the Supreme Court, a Nation Divides Along a Red-Blue Axis
On abortion, climate change, guns and much more, two Americas — one liberal, one conservative — are moving in opposite directions.
House Again Delays Bill Bolstering Security for Supreme Court Justices
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a bill to extend protections to the justices’ families and court officers would come to a vote early next week, but…
Democrats Vow Response to Roe v. Wade Ruling but Have Few Options
With neither the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster of legislation to protect abortion rights nor the 50 votes to pass it, Senate Democrats…
Lindsey Graham Takes Caustic Tone in Questioning Jackson
The Republican Senator, a one-time supporter of Judge Jackson, has been among her most aggressive questioners.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Asked to Define ‘Woman’ at Hearing
Senator Marsha Blackburn tried to get Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to give a definition of “woman,” as part of a diatribe against transgender rights.
McConnell Warns Against ‘Radical’ Supreme Court Pick
Lawmakers from both parties and interest groups swung into gear to influence President Biden’s choice for the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s…