US Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court, in a six-to-three vote, decided that race-conscious admissions violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with a couple battling federal officials over plans to build a house on a wetland in northern Idaho. Some call the ruling a victory for property rights, but its consequences extend to wetlands and waterways nationwide.

Harris’ appearance at the University of Nevada, Reno came as Supreme Court justices weighed whether to support a lower court ruling to revoke approval of a common drug used for medication abortion.

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was a mainstream conservative victory. But the fight against abortion access is a priority for far-right extremists, too.

The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated federal abortion protections, but Nevadans enshrined statewide abortion access in a 1990 voter referendum. KUNR’s Bert Johnson sat down with Emily Hobson, chair of the Gender, Race and Identity department at UNR, to talk about what the ruling could mean for the state.

El viernes, 24 de junio de 2022, la Corte Suprema decidió revocar ‘Roe v. Wade’, la sentencia que resolvió que se podía interrumpir voluntariamente el embarazo, devolviendo así a los estados la potestad de decidir qué reglas imponer.

Read or listen to news headlines for Monday, June 27, 2022.

With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, three states in the Mountain West are immediately impacted by the decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion.

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that gave women the right to seek an abortion.

Read or listen to the news headlines for Wednesday, May 4, 2022.