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The U.S. Supreme Court has about four weeks left to release opinions for more than two dozen cases it heard this term. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in 27 cases that it heard this term, and has about four weeks left to release them. Opinions usually are scheduled for Thursday, but with time running out, the court will likely add days in which it will release its decisions. Here are the major cases NPR is watching: Affirmative Action Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina At issue are affirmative action programs at the the University of North Carolina, which until the 1950s did not admit Black students, and Harvard University, which was the model for the Supreme Court's 1978 decision declaring that colleges and universities may consider race as one of many factors, from the applicant's geographical and family background, to their special talents in science, math, athletics, and even whether the applicant is the child of the school's alumni. The two cases overlap. Because UNC is a state school, the question is whether its affirmative-action program violates the 14th Amendment's guarantee to equal protection of the law. And even though Harvard is a private institution, it still is covered by federal anti-discrimination laws because it accepts federal money for a wide variety of programs. The cases were argued last October. Read more about the cases: • • Voting R...

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Justice sought After three justices were appointed in President Trump’s term, President Biden is seeking a confirmation to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Lengthy process Ketanji Brown Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Biden on Feb. 25, and her confirmation vote might not come until April. Days from nomination to Senate confirmation by justice (in order of most recent to longest served) • Amy Coney Barrett: 27 • Brett Kavanaugh: 88 • Neil Gorsuch: 65 • Elena Kagan: 87 • Sonia Sotomayer: 66 • Samuel Alito: 82 • John Roberts: 23 • Steven Breyer: 73 • Clarence Thomas: 99 Scale of ideals The Justice Stephen G. Breyer – Harvard (LL.B) Justice Samuel A. Alito – Yale (J.D.) Justice Sonia Sotomayor – Yale (J.D.) Justice Elena Kagan – Harvard (J.D.) Justice Neil M. Gorsuch – Harvard (J.D.) Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh – Yale (J.D.) Justice Amy Coney Barrett – Notre Dame (J.D.) Nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson – Harvard (J.D.) Black women justices Historically, nearly all Supreme Court justices have been White, non-Hispanic men. If confirmed, Jackson would become just the sixth woman ever to serve on the court. Jackson would be the first Black woman on the court. And she would be the fourth justice who is not White, the others being current Justices Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas (who are Hispanic and Black, respectively) and former Justice Thurgood Marshall (who was Black). Related Articles • Supreme Court rules in favor of 94-year-old woman who got nothin...

Since 1949, the Harvard Law Reviewhas published statistical tables tracking the business of the Supreme Court. Today, we alsotranslate these Supreme Court Statistics into interactive online visualizations, which follow on this page. The tables from the print edition of the November issue (PDFs for which are linked below) include the detailed underlying data. The Reviewpublishedan Supreme Court Statistics — Print (PDF) Copies: Figure I:Voting Alignments In what percentage of cases does Justice Thomas agree with Justice Sotomayor? Select a Term via the dropdown menu below, and hover over a Justice’s name to see the percentage of that Term’s cases in which they agreed with each of their colleagues. You can also toggle between viewing alignments within all written opinions or only in cases that were not unanimous. Figure I(A): Voting Alignments in Full Opinions / Merits Cases This data is sourced from Table I(B2) of the print version of The Statistics. Figure II: 5-4 Majorities This visualization allows you to experiment with the Court’s various five-four majorities in full opinions / merits cases in a given Term. Detail: Choose a Term from the dropdown menu. Then select a Justice’s initials. Build out your 5-4 majority by selecting a second Justice, and then a third, as each additional row appears. Justices whom you select appear in tan. If your choices force a majority, initials of the Justices that round out that 5-4 bloc will appear in tan and white stripes. If a Justice’s...

Biographies of the Justices Lord Reed President of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon The Lord Reed of Allermuir Robert John Reed, Lord Reed of Allermuir took up appointment as President of the Supreme Court on 13 January 2020, succeeding Lady Hale of Richmond. Upon this appointment, Lord Reed became a life peer. Prior to his appointment as President, Lord Reed previously served as Deputy President of the Supreme Court from 7 June 2018 and was originally appointed as a Justice on 6 February 2012. He studied law at Edinburgh University and undertook doctoral research in law at the University of Oxford. He qualified as an advocate in Scotland and as a barrister in England. He practised at the Scottish Bar in a wide range of civil cases, and also prosecuted serious crime. He served as a senior judge in Scotland for 13 years. From 2008 to 2012 a member of the Inner House of the Court of Session, and from 1998 to 2008 a member of the Outer House of the Court of Session, where he was the Principal Commercial Judge. As well as sitting on the Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, he is also a member of the panel of ad hoc judges of the European Court of Human Rights. Lord Reed is also the High Steward of Oxford University. Lord Hodge Deputy President of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Hodge Patrick Stewart Hodge, Lord Hodge, was appointed Deputy President of the Supreme Court in January 2020. He was originally appointed as a Justice on 1 October 2013. ...

If there were any doubts that the U.S. Supreme Court has moved decidedly to the right following three key appointments by former President Donald Trump, the six conservative justices on the bench put those to rest last Thursday. On the final day of the high court’s nine-month term, the six Republican-appointed jurists, over scathing dissents from their liberal colleagues, issued ringing endorsements of causes championed by Republicans in a pair of rulings. The first ruling pitting the six conservatives against the three liberals upheld two Arizona voting provisions that Democrats say will make it harder for voters to cast their ballots and will undermine racial discrimination deterrents under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In the second opinion, the justices, again by a vote of 6 to 3, struck down a California requirement that its supporters say is key to keeping tabs on fundraising by nonprofit organizations. The Supreme Court is shown in Washington on July 1, 2021. For certain, contrary to early liberal fears and predictions, the six conservative jurists, including the three Trump appointees, did not always vote as a bloc during the term. Indeed, in several consequential cases, including one involving the fate of the Affordable Care Act, the conservatives — in particular Chief Justice John Roberts and Trump appointees Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — joined the progressive wing to hand down narrowly decided rulings. That alliance blocked a third try to overturn Obama...