The Supreme Court has allowed Alabama to use a new congressional map with only one majority-Black district, sending the case back to a lower court amid ongoing voting rights litigation. The decision follows a recent ruling weakening the Voting Rights Act.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor apologized for critical remarks about Justice Brett Kavanaugh's upbringing following a dispute over immigration enforcement rulings. The rare public clash highlights growing tensions within the Supreme Court.
San Antonio police are seeking the public's help in identifying two persons of interest in the investigation into the deaths of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend. Police have released a video of the two individuals and are asking anyone with information to contact them. They are also asking anyone who may have seen the dark pickup truck or the silver Kia Optima in the area to come forward.
The Supreme Court paid tribute to the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the court, with a ceremony attended by all nine current justices and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Her casket was carried up the steps of the court and passed under the words “Equal Justice Under Law” before being placed in the court’s Great Hall, which opened to the public for mourners to pay their respects. Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at the private ceremony, noting O’Connor's commitment to justice and equality for all.
On November 5th, the one-year anniversary of the 2024 Election Day, the GOP-led House passed a bill providing $14 billion in aid to Israel, defended by Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise. However, the bill has no chance of survival in the Senate and President Joe Biden has vowed to veto it. At the same time, journalist James Fallows and Washington Post reporter Marianna Sotomayor discussed the upcoming election at the Dubliner, an Irish pub on Capitol Hill, noting that "everything is at stake" and that the election will turn on big fundamentals of economics and people's sense of the world.