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Supreme Court blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness program

Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN June 30, 2023

CNN -- In a stinging defeat for President Joe Biden, the Supreme Court blocked the administration’s student loan forgiveness plan Friday, rejecting a program aimed at delivering...

Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions

CNN -- The Supreme Court says colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for granting admission, a landmark decision overturning long-standing precedent that...

Supreme Court refuses to block assault weapons bans in Illinois

Tierney Sneed, CNN May 17, 2023

CNN -- The Supreme Court refused to block a local and state ban on assault weapon sales in Illinois, rejecting an emergency request from gun rights advocates and a gun store. A...

Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill

Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN April 22, 2023

CNN– The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage as appeals play out. As a result, the US Food...

People visit the front of the Supreme Court Building on April 19, 2023, in Washington, DC.
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Supreme Court faces Friday deadline in case that could shape abortion access and the future of American health care

Stephen Collinson, CNN April 21, 2023

CNN– A deadline looms at midnight Friday for the most critical abortion case before the Supreme Court since its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last summer. The future of a widely used medication...

Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug, sets Friday night deadline

Ariane de Vogue, CNN April 19, 2023

CNN– Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday temporarily extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a move meant to give the...

 Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash at Alamo Women's Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Justice Department asks Supreme Court to intervene in abortion drug ruling

CNN– The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court Friday to intervene in an emergency dispute over a Texas judge’s medication abortion drug ruling, requesting that the court step in now rather than...

People rally in support of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan in front of the the U.S. Supreme Court on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court oral arguments in cases challenging Biden’s student debt relief plan

Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN March 1, 2023

CNN– The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan, with several conservative justices appearing skeptical of the government’s...

What to watch for as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Biden’s student loan debt relief plan

Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter February 28, 2023

CNN -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program – an initiative aimed at providing targeted debt...

These 26 words ‘created the internet.’ Now the Supreme Court may be coming for them

Brian Fung, CNN February 18, 2023

CNN— Congress, the White House and now the US Supreme Court are all focusing their attention on a federal law that’s long served as a legal shield for online platforms. This week, the Supreme Court...

Exclusive: Supreme Court justices used personal emails for work and ‘burn bags’ were left open in hallways, sources say

Ariane de Vogue, CNN February 4, 2023

(CNN) -- Long before the leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade, some Supreme Court justices often used personal email accounts for sensitive transmissions instead of secure servers set up to guard...

Supreme Court issues report on Dobbs leak but says it hasn’t identified the leaker

CNN -- The Supreme Court issued an investigative report on Thursday, announcing that it has yet to determine who leaked a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade to the media last year, but at least 90...

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