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The White House says President Joe Biden will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. In selecting Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise, moving to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: We get the latest from WESA reporter Sarah Schneider about the Fern Hollow Bridge, which collapsed into Frick Park Friday morning; Governor Tom Wolf will submit his final budget — how do state finances look heading into this process?; and a look back at the career of retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law dean, who interacted with Breyer while clerking for the high court.
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A wary Supreme Court has weighed whether public schools can discipline students for things they say off campus.
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Before the Supreme Court this week is an argument over whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus. Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was suspended from cheerleading over a profanity-laced posting on Snapchat.
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The Supreme Court on Monday formally rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had divided the…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would not grant a quick, pre-election review to a new Republican appeal to exclude Pennsylvania absentee ballots…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been thrust into the political spotlight, following the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. For our…
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Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put a hold on a court ruling in the battleground state that extends the…
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. While many are mourning the late Supreme Court Justice…
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On today's program: As Allegheny County is experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases, officials are trying to slow the pandemic; an update on the U.S.…