Sandra Day O'Connor

The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor saw civic education as foundational to democracy. William Thomas Cain / Stringer via Getty Images by Joshua Jansa, Oklahoma State...

Sandra Day O’Connor, shortly after her Supreme Court nomination was confirmed by the Senate on Sept. 1, 1981. AP Photo/Scott Applewhite by Nancy Maveety, Tulane University When...

Harvard students protesting on July 1, 2023, after the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images by Howard Manly,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Saturday night he would seek to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of...

 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court term that is nearing its end shows how silence can signal success. With a notable paucity of dissents and...

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In this Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, Abigail Fisher, right, who sued the University of Texas, walks outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) by Mark ShermanWASHINGTON (AP) — Affirmative action in college admissions survived Supreme Court review Monday in a consensus decision that avoided the difficult constitutional issues surrounding a challenge to the University of Texas admission plan.