Gorsuch will fill the seat on the court left open by Justice Scalia.

Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas says government institutions are broken. He included the high court in his assessment.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced a deadlock in an important union dues case. This is the first high profile case with an eight-member high court, underscoring the political struggle to fill the vacancy following Justice Antonin Scalia's death.

With the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the nation is on the brink of what could turn out to be one of the most contentious appointments in history. Appointed by Ronald Reagan, Scalia was staunchly conservative and interpreted the constitution closely. He was also notoriously anti-abortion, pro-death penalty and anti-affirmative action. Just weeks before […]

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President Obama will make history by becoming the first sitting president to visit Cuba in almost nine decades.

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In an op-ed for NewsOne, Benjamin L. Crump, president of the National Bar Association and prominent civil rights attorney, condemns Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia‘s remarks that some African-Americans are hurt by being admitted to top universities and might be better served at “slower-track” ones. The comments, which generated a firestorm of controversy, came last week during […]

During a hearing for an affirmative action case on Wednesday, conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia suggested that some African-Americans belong at "lesser colleges."