U.S. Supreme Court will hear appeal on Jerusalem passport

Published on May 2, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court said it will hear the appeal of a U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem whose parents want Israel listed as his country of birth on his passport.

Supreme Court upholds state tuition tax credit program

Published on April 6, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to an Arizona tuition tax credit program that benefits parochial schools, with all three Jewish justices dissenting. The court on Monday threw out a lawsuit against the program, which provides tax credits to those who donate to "school tuition organizations" that grant scholarships to private schools, including religious schools.

Jewish groups change tack on Supreme Court cases

By Ron Kampeas
Published on October 4, 2007

With hot-button domestic issues not expected to play a major role in the new U.S. Supreme Court session, Jewish groups are entering the fray over the right of judicial review for foreign detainees.

Jews Note Role in Historic School Case

By Matthew E. Berger
Published on May 13, 2004

Esther Swirk Brown wasn't the Brown for whom the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case desegregating schools is named -- but she is the Jewish woman who helped find Oliver Brown, no relation, to be the lead plaintiff in the historic case.

As a young woman in Kansas, Esther Brown was horrified by the conditions of the school that black children, including the children of her housekeeper, were forced to attend. The one-room schoolhouse in South Park had dilapidated walls and missing light bulbs.