Though half of Brazilians identify themselves as being of African descent, the country only swore in their first black Supreme Court judge president this week. On Thursday, Joaquim Barbosa, 58, was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for a consequential voting rights case that could either solidify or dismantle the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965–which has protected ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Black death row inmate in Mississippi — and one particular element of the ...

As the Supreme Court heard arguments in a racially charged Louisiana voting rights case last month, down on its ground floor a special exhibit was running a continual loop of commentary from Chief ...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is determined to make the New Jersey Supreme Court more to his liking and did so by replacing John Wallace, a Democrat and the only African American on the bench, with ...

A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violated the Voting Rights Act.

Dred and Harriet Scott sued for their freedom based on having lived in free territories, a legal strategy that had previously succeeded in Missouri. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v.

The Supreme Court Wednesday heard a Republican challenge to the landmark Voting Rights Act that could kill many Black-held congressional seats and help the GOP keep control of the House of ...