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The Supreme Court delivered a ruling on June 30th, with Chief Justice Roberts authoring the majority opinion. The opinion included Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, while Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch led the dissent.
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The Supreme Court delivered a ruling on June 30th, with Chief Justice Roberts authoring the majority opinion. The opinion included Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, while Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch led the dissent.
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Majority opinion struck down spending limits on June 30th, with Kagan and KBJ involved in the ruling.1 source
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Federal Election Commission
United States independent regulatory agency that regulates federal elections
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Elena Kagan
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010
- In the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a dissenting opinion while Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion, citing the House Committee's legislative intent.
- The Supreme Court ruled on asylum claims from Mexico, with Ketanji Brown Jackson joining Sonia Sotomayor's dissent, and Sotomayor joining Elena Kagan's dissent.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
American lawyer and jurist (born 1970)
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- The Trump administration sought a ruling from the FEC regarding campaign spending and rules affecting GOP committees, on which Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
- Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson are noted for their presence on the Supreme Court and their arguments on critical issues.