Supreme Court – BTW – Stuff You Should Know

Absentee ballots being sorted and prepared for recording at the Ada County Elections building in Boise, Idaho.

The Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Order to Limit Voting by Mail

October 1, 2026 btwadmin 0

President Trump has made concerns about voter fraud a highlight of his administration. Over the past few months, the president has used executive orders calling […]

President Trump announces tariff plan in April 2025.

Companies Begin Applying for Tariff Refunds

April 29, 2026 btwadmin 0

One of President Trump’s signature actions in his second term was to pass the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which placed an extra fee, or tariff, on goods imported to the United States. In […]

Lawyers confer at the Supreme Court prior to presenting arguments against school segregation. Harold Boulware, Thurgood Marshall, and Spottswood Robinson.

Rosenwald Schools Educated African Americans in the South

May 8, 2024 btwadmin 0

May 17, 2024, is the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ended the system of racially segregated schools […]

exterior photograph of the Supreme Court of the United States building

The Life of Sandra Day O’Connor

December 14, 2023 btwadmin 0

Sandra Day O’Connor, who made history as the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, died on December 1, 2023. She was […]

Main frieze of the US Supreme Court Building

Supreme Court Eliminates Race as College Admissions Consideration

August 14, 2023 btwadmin 0

In two important decisions issued on June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the use of race-conscious admissions at Harvard […]

The oval office at the White House in Washington DC

President Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act

January 17, 2023 btwadmin 0

On December 13, 2022, President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, a bipartisan bill that protects same-sex and interracial marriages at the federal level. […]

exterior view of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

Stuff YOU Should Know

April 14, 2022 btwuser 0

Judge Jackson Confirmed to Supreme Court On April 7, 2022, the Senate voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Three […]

Women’s History Month: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

March 9, 2022 btwuser 0

On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced that he was nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Stephen […]