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In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the US, alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)
April 8, 2025, 10:28 am
US Supreme Court lets Trump pursue deportations under 1798 ‘enemy alien’ law, with limits
Dissenting justices say decision rewards administration for defying court order and sending planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members to notorious El Salvador prison
By Agencies
Protesters, demonstrators and activists gather in front of the US Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 1, 2021, 10:29 pm
Conservative-dominated US Supreme Court appears likely to roll back abortion rights
Hundreds of demonstrators gather outside as nine justices hear arguments for and against Mississippi law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks
By Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow
The Supreme Court is seen on the first day of the new term as activists opposed to abortion demonstrate on the plaza, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
October 8, 2021, 3:16 am
From abortion to Nazi-looted art: Jewish issues on US Supreme Court’s docket
Justices insist personal beliefs won’t influence rulings; but some Jewish groups worry erosion of court’s reputation could eventually spell trouble
By Ron Kampeas
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaking at the annual Judge James B. Parsons Legacy Dinner, February 24, 2020. (CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikicago/Wikipedia)
April 28, 2021, 9:05 am
Jewish group endorses Biden’s pick for appeals judge, tipped for Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson gains backing of National Council of Jewish Women as she gears up for tough confirmation ahead of possible nomination to top bench
By Ron Kampeas
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campaign event on the grounds of Kuharchik Construction, Inc., September 1, 2020, in Exeter, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
December 9, 2020, 7:30 am
Pence tells Jewish leaders Barrett helped safeguard religious freedom
Trump’s VP touts administration’s record on Israel and other issues of importance to American Jewry in pre-Hanukkah call
By Jacob Magid
The US Supreme Court building in Washington, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/ Patrick Semansky)
November 26, 2020, 11:25 am
US Supreme Court rules against coronavirus limitations on New York synagogues
Court strikes down governor’s ‘Cluster Initiative,’ which limited numbers of worshipers in high-infection areas; Amy Coney Barrett crucial to 5-4 ruling
By Jessica Gresko
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox man stops to read an announcement at a closed synagogue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, in New York, April 7, 2020. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
November 19, 2020, 8:53 am
US ultra-Orthodox group asks Supreme Court to block COVID limits on synagogues
In wake of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation, Agudath Israel seen as banking on highest court’s new conservative majority to take a more sympathetic view of religious liberty
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: US President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington, October 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
October 27, 2020, 6:00 pm
Amy Coney Barrett sworn in at US Supreme Court by chief justice
No justice has ever assumed office so close to a presidential election, or immediately faced issues so directly tied to incumbent’s political and personal fortunes
By Mark Sherman
US President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington, Oct. 26, 2020 (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
October 27, 2020, 7:42 am
Key issues for Trump await Barrett on US Supreme Court
Justices weigh plea from US president to prevent Manhattan district attorney from getting his tax returns, consider appeals on absentee ballots in North Carolina, Pennsylvania
By Mark Sherman
US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, meets with Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
October 27, 2020, 2:35 am
Amy Coney Barrett confirmed as US Supreme Court justice in partisan vote
Monday’s deeply controversial 52-48 vote to approve Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement was the closest high court confirmation ever to a presidential election
By LISA MASCARO
US Vice President Mike Pence greets supporters after his "Make America Great Again!" campaign event at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford, Michigan, on October 22, 2020. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
October 26, 2020, 4:13 pm
Democrats ask Pence to skip Barrett vote over COVID-19 risk
US vice president not isolating after aides fall ill with coronavirus; Democratic leader Schumer says Pence’s participation in confirmation would be ‘a violation of common decency’
By LISA MASCARO
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, US President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, October 21, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 25, 2020, 10:34 pm
Senate votes to advance Barrett Supreme Court nomination; confirmation on Monday
Democrats set for last-ditch filibuster attempt, arguing that election winner should fill vacancy left by the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney on October 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
October 22, 2020, 6:48 pm
Senate panel advances Barrett Supreme Court nomination; Democrats boycott vote
Decision now to come before entire Senate ahead of final confirmation; Democrats, rather than showing, place posters at desks of those who stand to lose if court outlaws Obamacare
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 13, 2020. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP)
October 14, 2020, 2:50 am
US Supreme Court nominee Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing
Amy Coney Barrett fields questions on abortion, health care and a possible disputed-election fight, largely avoiding specifics and vowing to make decisions ‘as they come’
By LISA MASCARO, Mark Sherman and Laurie Kellman
US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, October 12, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
October 12, 2020, 9:20 pm
Health care is focus as US Supreme Court hearing on Barrett opens
Democrats in US Senate brand conservative nominee a ‘threat’ to country’s health care, as Trump administration races to appoint her before November 3 elections
By Mark Sherman, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
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