U.S. Supreme Court

WLRN’s Carlos Frías is joined by Julia Longoria, the host and managing editor of the podcast “More Perfect” from WNYC. The series is about “how the Supreme Court got so supreme.” She got her start in radio at her hometown public radio station — WLRN.

The EPA loses some of its power to fight the climate crisis. Plus, how the legal back and forth on abortion access in Florida is playing out on the ground. And Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg remembers what it was like to debate Supre Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson back in their high school days.

In an astounding 62% of the decisions, conservatives prevailed, and more importantly, often prevailed in dramatic ways, according to new data.

The protests have carried on for weeks since the leak of a draft of the court's eventual decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. State officials had previously called on federal law enforcement for help.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's first Supreme Court pick, has been sworn in as the 116th justice. She is the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court.

COMMENTARY Cases in countries like Paraguay should remind anti-abortion rights absolutists that by preventing one "evil," they risk committing others.

Social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effect last Friday.

What the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion will mean for Florida. Plus, the role religion plays in the debate on abortion access. And tens of thousands of children in Florida are experiencing homelessness. We’ll meet the founder of a non-profit working to get these kids new underwear.

The 6-to-3 decision is the latest example of the court's conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools and less separation between church and state.

Roman Catholic abortion rights opponents say they'll push now to get a complete ban in Florida. But U.S. polls indicate pro-choice Catholics still outnumber them.

The Supreme Court's decision ending guaranteed abortion rights in the U.S. was met with condemnation and praise in South Florida.