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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh makes air quotes as he answers questions during a judicial conference, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Justice Kavanaugh says unpopular rulings can later become ‘fabric of American constitutional law’

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says U.S. history shows court decisions unpopular in their time later can become part of the “fabric of American constitutional law.”

This combination of images shows cover art for "One Way Back," by Christine Blasey Ford, left, and a photo of Blasey Ford as she is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27, 2018. Blasey’s Ford’s “One Way Back” is scheduled for publication next March. (St. Martin's Press via AP, left, and Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against Justice Brett Kavanaugh, will release a memoir in 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh speaks at a judicial conference, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh predicts ‘concrete steps soon’ to address ethics concerns

FILE - The Supreme Court in Washington is seen at sunset on Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, July 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Supreme Court won’t block a ruling favoring a Native American man cited for speeding in Tulsa

Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone, AP Explains

The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago.

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Threats to federal judges have more than doubled in ‘alarming’ spike, US Marshals director says

Federal judges targeted by threats have more than doubled over the last three years amid a surge in violent and harassing messages directed at public officials around the country.

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh poses for a new group portrait at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Kavanaugh sought Thursday, July 13, 2023, to dispel notions of a partisan high court, stressing the collegial relationships among the justices that sometimes help them land on the same sides of issues despite their differences. Kavanaugh sought Thursday to dispel notions of a partisan high court, stressing the collegial relationships among the justices that sometimes help them land on the same sides of issues despite their differences. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan

Justice Brett Kavanaugh points to the mixed decisions that emerged from the U.S. Supreme Court this term as he seeks to dispel notions of a partisan high court, He told a judicial conference in Minnesota on Thursday that the high court is “an institution of law, not of politics, not of partisanship.

FILE - Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh joins other members of the U.S. Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Kavanaugh says the public shouldn’t read anything into the high court’s historically slow start to releasing opinions. The court began its term in October but the first opinion was only issued this week. Speaking at the University of Notre Dame the justice said the delay is just "a coincidence of which mix of cases were in October and November." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justice Kavanaugh: Supreme Court’s slow start a coincidence

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the public shouldn’t read anything into the high court’s historically slow start to releasing opinions.

FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh watches as President Donald Trump arrives to give his State of the Union address to a joint session on Congress at the Capitol in Washington, on Feb. 5, 2019. A new documentary looks into the sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh and raises questions about the depth of the FBI investigation in 2018. “Justice,” from filmmaker Doug Liman, debuted Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at the Sundance Film Festival to a sold-out theater surrounded by armed guards. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Sundance doc looks into Brett Kavanaugh investigation

A new documentary looks into the sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

A pedestrian peers into the ticket booth of the Egyptian Theatre before the start of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Park City, Utah. The annual independent film festival runs from Jan. 19-29. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Sundance celebrates the ‘magic’ of being back in-person

The Sundance Film Festival met the moment by going virtual for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic.

FILE - Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Chief justice: Judges’ safety ‘essential’ to court system

Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.”

Nadine Seiler of Waldorf, Md., holds a sign that reads "SCOTUS is Illegitimate" in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, as the Court hears arguments on a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond. The case is from highly competitive North Carolina, where Republican efforts to draw congressional districts heavily in their favor were blocked by a Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Justices skeptical of elections case that could alter voting

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections for Congress and the presidency.

FILE - Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh joins other members of the U.S. Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. A federal judge in Maryland said Wednesday, Oct. 26, that there is a "very high likelihood" that he will order a mental evaluation for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Judge mulls mental evaluation in Kavanaugh threat case

A federal judge in Maryland said he is likely to order a mental evaluation for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, left, is escorted by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts following her formal investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Jackson says she has ‘a seat at the table’

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she has “a seat at the table now and I’m ready to work,” leaning into her history-making role as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2022. The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group as an official campus club. The court acted Friday, Sept. 9, in a brief order signed by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that indicated the court would have more to say on the topic at some point. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Justices side with LGBTQ group at Jewish university, for now

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for an LGBTQ group to gain official recognition from a Jewish university in New York, though that may not last.

FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh is seen at the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 3, 2018. Nicholas John Roske, the California man accused of plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, had a more expansive goal to change the makeup of the Supreme Court in discussions he had in online chat rooms, according to a recent federal court filing. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Feds: Kavanaugh plotter sought to alter court ‘for decades’

Federal officials say that a California man accused of plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had a more expansive goal to change the makeup of the Supreme Court in discussions he had online.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials 39th Annual Conference at Swissôtel Chicago in downtown Chicago, Friday, June 24, 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Harris emerges as top abortion voice, warns of more fallout

Vice President Kamala Harris has spent weeks warning that the Supreme Court decision undermining the landmark Roe v.

FILE - Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks to reporters on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, amid the fallout from a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, at the Capitol in Washington. Collins was blasted Friday, June 24, 2022, for the Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban abortion because she voted to confirm two of the justices who were in the majority opinion. A critic called the fate of Roe v. Wade, Collins' "legacy" since she voted to confirm Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the high court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

After abortion ruling, critics renew blasts at Sen. Collins

Sen. Susan Collins is being criticized for the Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban abortion because the moderate Republican voted to confirm two of the justices who were in the majority opinion.

FILE - Television crews film near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in Chevy Chase, Md., June 8, 2022. Officials say an armed man who threatened to kill Justice Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s house. One proposal pending in Congress would provide additional security measures for the justices and another would offer more privacy and protection for all federal judges. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Man pleads not guilty to trying to kill Justice Kavanaugh

A California man who was arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in Maryland earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to trying to kill Kavanaugh.

FILE - Prosecutor Doug Evans holds a photo during a trial for Curtis Flowers in court on June 14, 2010, in Greenwood, Miss. A federal appeals court on Thursday, June 16, 2022, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit that civil rights advocates filed against Evans. The 2019 lawsuit said Evans routinely rejected Black jurors in criminal cases because of their race, and it sought a declaration that Evans’ jury-selection practices violated prospective jurors’ constitutional rights. The appeals court ruled the plaintiffs lacked legal standing because they didn’t show an “immediate threat” that Evans could strike them from jury service. (Taylor Kuykendall/The Commonwealth via AP, File)

Court doors closed to NAACP suit over Black juror denials

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has found that the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi prosecutor accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors in criminal cases.

President Joe Biden listens as Vincent Duvall, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation, introduces him to speak in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden signs bill to protect Supreme Court justices into law

President Joe Biden has signed a bill that will give around-the-clock security protection to the families of Supreme Court justices.

FILE - Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, on April 23, 2021. The California man arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in Maryland was indicted by a federal grand jury for federal charges of attempting to murder a Justice of the United States. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Feds indict Calif. man found with gun near Kavanaugh’s home

A federal grand jury has indicted a California man who was found with a gun, knife and pepper spray near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after telling police he was planning to kill the justice.

FILE - A U.S. Marshal patrols outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in Chevy Chase, Md., June 8, 2022. The House has given final approval to legislation to allow around-the-clock security protection for families of Supreme Court justices. The vote on Tuesday came one week after a man carrying a gun, knife and zip ties was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house after threatening to kill the justice. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

House OKs security boost for Supreme Court judges, families

The House has given final approval to legislation to allow around-the-clock security protection for families of Supreme Court justices.

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen behind a fence who stands around the building on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Washington. One proposal pending in Congress would provide additional security measures for the justices and another would offer more privacy and protection for all federal judges. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Kavanaugh incident could lead to more security for judges

A man armed with a machete once broke into Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s vacation home in the Caribbean and took $1,000.

FILE - Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, on April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Armed man arrested for threat to kill Justice Kavanaugh

A man carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties was arrested Wednesday near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in Maryland after threatening to kill the justice.

Washington city bans protests outside officials’ homes

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The City Council in Vancouver, Washington, has passed a measure that would make it illegal to picket outside the homes of city employees and elected officials.

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court building is shown, May 4, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship

A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.

Reproductive rights message left outside Sen Collins’ home

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A message left in chalk outside Sen. Susan Collins’ home urged her to support the Democratic effort to codify Roe v.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen early Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday. Whatever the outcome, the Politico report represents an extremely rare breach of the court's secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

What’s next for abortion after Supreme Court leak?

The stunning leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade has shocked Washington.

FILE - An American flag blows in the wind in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Court upholds Puerto Ricans’ exclusion from benefits program

The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that’s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

FILE - Phoenix prosecutor Rachel Mitchell returns to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing after a break on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27, 2018. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, chose one of the three Republicans running to replace former County Attorney Allister Adel to temporarily fill her post, a move that gives longtime prosecutor Rachel Mitchell incumbent status and leg up in August's GOP primary. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Maricopa County board names new top prosecutor

PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday chose one of the three Republicans running to replace former County Attorney Allister Adel to temporarily fill her post, a move that gives longtime prosecutor Rachel Mitchell incumbent status and a leg up in August’s GOP primary.

Kelly Tshibaka, left, a Republican, smiles as she officially files to run in Alaska's U.S. Senate race, Monday, April 11, 2022, while her husband, Niki Tshibaka, looks on at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska. Eleven other candidates have signed up so far in the Senate race, including incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, also a Republican. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Trump-backed Alaska hopeful officially files for Senate run

Republican Kelly Tshibaka has filed to run as a candidate for the U.S. Senate race. She filed paperwork with the state Division of Elections on Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Friday, March 18, 2022 in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

High court opens door wider to malicious prosecution claims

The Supreme Court has removed a barrier for those seeking to bring lawsuits against law enforcement for malicious prosecution.

FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case

The Supreme Court is giving the Navy a freer hand determining what job assignments it gives to 35 sailors who sued after refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

FILE - People stand on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, Feb.11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Justices seem to favor docs convicted in pain pill schemes

In a case stemming from the opioid addiction crisis, the Supreme Court appears ready to side with two imprisoned doctors who wrote thousands of prescriptions for pain medication in short periods.