PBS NewsHour - Supreme Court

Between the war in Ukraine and the upcoming confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kentaji Brown Jackson, political divisions are emerging. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the political implications on these topics and provide some historical context for the way Americans think about war. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

President Biden on Friday delivered on his promise to nominate the first Black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court. After a month-long search to fill the seat of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, Biden selected a former Breyer clerk and sitting federal judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Geoff Bennett reports on how she was chosen to receive a nomination that was decades in the making. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

As President Biden examines the records of potential Supreme Court nominees, we continue our series of profiles of the women on his short list. California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger has never faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, unlike some of the other top contenders. But she is already familiar with breaking barriers during her life and career. Geoff Bennett reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

President Biden plans to personally interview potential nominees to the Supreme Court this week, and likely among them will be federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson isn't new to the Supreme Court short list, she was considered a long-shot pick for President Obama in 2016. But she's seen as a leading contender for this vacancy. Geoff Bennett reports on her career and how she got here. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

As President Biden considers who he will choose to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, we take a deep dive into some of the potential nominees reportedly on the short list. A bipartisan stamp of approval makes a South Carolina federal judge one of the top contenders. Lisa Desjardins starts our series by answering the question, "who is J. Michelle Childs?" PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement announcement paves the way for President Joe Biden's promised nomination of a Black woman to the Supreme Court. White House correspondent Geoff Bennett begins the report, and congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff with more on how the Senate may respond to his nominee options. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The future of abortion rights took center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday as justices heard arguments over a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Recognizing one of the most consequential cases about the issue in decades, dozens of protesters on both sides gathered en masse outside the court building. Judy Woodruff reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In one of the most aggressive challenges to Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in America, justices will decide the constitutionality of Mississippi's 2018 law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. If the court overturns Roe, abortion bans passed in a dozen states since the 1973 ruling would immediately go into effect. Amna Nawaz reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

It has been two months since the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion took effect in Texas, effectively ending access to abortion in the state. A case against the law has once again reached the highest court in the land. John Yang reports on how the case got to the Supreme Court again and what could lie ahead. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including debt ceiling negotiations in Congress, debate over President Joe Biden's social spending bills, new revelations about former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and what's expected from the Supreme Court this term. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Supreme Court returned to the courtroom Monday morning to hear its first oral arguments of the new term in-person. The cases set for argument this term could make it one of the most contentious in many years. Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent for The National Law Journal, was one of the two dozen reporters in the courtroom and joins John Yang with more. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Abortion rights activists are marching today, voicing opposition to a Texas law that heavily restricts abortion access. The Supreme Court's new term begins Monday, in which it is scheduled to hear a case stemming from a Mississippi law that banned most abortions at 15 weeks of pregnancy. Mary Ziegler, a professor at Florida State University College of Law and author of the book, "Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present," joins to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Justice Stephen Breyer heads into a new supreme court term soon, facing a docket of hot-button issues and pressure from progressives to retire. The court's senior liberal justice, Breyer joined Judy Woodruff to talk about his role and new book, "The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics." PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear arguments in a major abortion case that could roll back limits on abortion laws cemented by the landmark reproductive rights case Roe v. Wade. In its term beginning October, the court will consider a Mississippi state law banning abortions after 15 weeks. John Yang discusses the matter with Mary Zieglar from Florida State University College of Law. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Few institutions are as tradition-laden as the U.S. Supreme Court, but the pandemic brought changes. Justices dialed in to hear their final oral argument of the term Tuesday- a case about sentencing reductions for low-level crack-cocaine offenses. Their final call also falls on the one-year anniversary of the court's very first remote oral argument. John Yang reports on the big adjustment. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders