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The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy deal, which shields the Sackler family from opioid-related civil lawsuits.    

Today on CNN10, we start with a tribute to former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. We look at the historic climate pledge from world leaders out of COP28. We also discuss a young star that could be forming a planet.

Judge Margaret McKeown joins The Lead.

CNN legal analyst Steve Vladeck looks back on the legacy of

A federal appeals court on Monday ruled against a key tool used to enforce the Voting Rights Act -- possibly setting up another Supreme Court showdown over one of the nation's landmark civil rights laws. CNN's Joan Biskupic has more.

Read CNN’s 2023 in Review Fast Facts to learn more about the events of 2023.

Around the country, politicians are waging high-stakes battles over new congressional lines that could influence which party controls the US House of Representatives after the 2024 election.

Although the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s signature student loan forgiveness program in late June, his administration has found ways to cancel more than $48 billion in debt since then.

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies while a lawsuit targeting the government’s efforts to combat online misinformation plays out.

The Supreme Court declined to revive a controversial Missouri law on Friday that prohibits local law enforcement from helping federal officials enforce federal gun regulations.

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to intervene in a Louisiana congressional map dispute, potentially delaying the implementation of a new map that could create a district that boosts the power of Black voters in the state.

A group of Republican-led states, fossil fuel industry groups and utilities filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court, asking it to block the implementation of the Biden administration’s “good neighbor” pollution rule.

Amy Coney Barrett on Monday became the latest Supreme Court justice to address ethics concerns, saying that she thought it would be a “good idea” for the justices to adopt a formal code of conduct that would directly bind the justices.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Biden administration to continue regulating so-called ghost guns – untraceable homemade weapons – as firearms under federal law.

The Supreme Court on Friday added another case to its docket that asks the justices to overturn decades-old precedent to scale back the power of federal agencies, as well as a case that looks at “qualified immunity” for police officers.

The Supreme Court’s conservatives expressed doubt at oral arguments Wednesday that South Carolina GOP lawmakers engaged in impermissible racial gerrymandering when they redrew congressional lines for a House seat to benefit Republicans.

The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, rebuffing a request to take another look at decades-old precedent that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel in civil suits.

Bianna Golodryga speaks to Gloria Browne-Marshall, professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, about the upcoming cases in the new Supreme Court term.

Bianna Golodryga speaks to Gloria Browne-Marshall, professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, about the major cases to watch in the new Supreme Court term.

Senate Democrats rejected Thursday an offer from by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow to supply the Judiciary Committee with some information related to the travel and luxury vacations he gifted to Justice Clarence Thomas over the past five years.

The Supreme Court considered the strength of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Wednesday when it heard arguments in a dispute over whether a self-appointed “tester” of the civil rights law has the right to sue hotels over alleged violations of its provisions.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in a case that will determine the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The United States Postal Service on Monday released its postage stamp honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a feminist icon who served for years as the senior-most member of the court’s liberal wing.

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up an appeal from an anti-abortion group known for releasing secretly recorded footage of abortion providers, leaving in place a lower court ruling that went in favor of Planned Parenthood.

The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not take up former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman’s request to undo a ruling that allowed the House January 6 select committee to access emails he said were shielded by attorney-client privilege.

The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not take up a longshot challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president because of his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's granddaughter Clara Spera reacts to new stamp honoring the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

The docket includes major cases concerning the intersection between the First Amendment and social media, gun rights, racial gerrymandering and the power of the executive branch.