Author: John Fritze, USA TODAY

If confirmed, Judge Jackson, a Harvard Law School grad, will be the first Black woman seated on the nation’s highest court.

Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will follow Black women pioneers such as Judge Constance Baker Motley.

President Biden will name D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. At 51, Jackson could serve on the high court for decades.

Some see Judge J. Michelle Childs as an unconventional pick for the Supreme Court. But her allies, including Rep. Jim Clyburn, see that as an asset.

Justice Breyer’s exit won’t change the 6-3 advantage conservatives have on the Supreme Court. But his departure may change behind-the-scenes dynamics.

An appeals court said it couldn’t resolve a dispute between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy over COVID-19 proxy voting.

The lawsuits charge Harvard and the University of North Carolina discriminate against Asian and white students to boost Black and Hispanic enrollment.

Sen. Cruz, an ex-Supreme Court litigator, is challenging federal campaign finance rules limiting how candidates may loan their campaigns money.

The high court’s three liberal justices dissented. A second ruling allowed to stand a mandate covering facilities paid by Medicare and Medicaid.

The cases present the first opportunity for the court to share its views on vaccine mandates as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year.