Justices consider ongoing need for a portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act as leading civil-rights activist receives surprise apology in Alabama
A spirited high court argument ensues in an Alabama county’s challenge to the Voting Rights Act’s unique requirements for Southern states
The high court hears a challenge to law enforcement DNA collection as a means to solve past crimes
Despite few breakthroughs, embryonic stem cell research gets high court boost
The high court allows President Obama’s expansion of embryonic stem cell research to stand
The high court agrees to consider fundamental questions on state and federal marriage laws
A bitterly divided Supreme Court gets back to work
Justice Anthony Kennedy worries about moral relativism and current generation’s dearth of civic knowledge
The high court considers the admissions process at the University of Texas and the fundamentals of achieving racial diversity