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LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska is among 12 states whose population is at least 20% people of color yet whose highest state court is devoid of any racial or ethnic representation.

Nebraska is among 12 states whose population is at least 20% people of color yet whose highest state court has no racial or ethnic representation.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Alicia Bannon of the Brennan Center, about potential reforms to selecting state judges following the $40 million Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

Progressives are discovering what conservatives have touted for years: States can enshrine rights like abortion on their own.

Democracy is suddenly cool.

"The nastiness is the same," one historian told Insider, comparing the treatment of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the first Senate confirmation hearing in 1916 when a Jewish man, Justice Louis Brandeis, was nominated to serve on the Supreme Court.

Nearly 30% of Biden’s nominees to the federal bench have been public defenders, 24% have been civil rights lawyers and 8% labor attorneys.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spent a recent flight aboard Air Force One reminiscing with lawmakers and aides about his start as a young lawyer in…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden spent a recent flight aboard Air Force One reminiscing with lawmakers and aides about his start as a young lawyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spent a recent flight aboard Air Force One...