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Antecedentes de Brown Jackson son inusuales para un candidato a la Corte Suprema. Tiene que ver con Miami

Feb. 11—Como estudiante excepcional y formidable polemista en la preparatoria Miami Palmetto, Ketanji Brown Jackson podía haber elegido entre muchas carreras, pero ya sabía exactamente lo que quería hacer.

Tribune News Service

‘You’re my star’: high points of Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings

From a friend’s charming stories to a senator’s heartfelt backing, here are some non-enraging moments from the Senate

The Guardian - US

Ted Cruz questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson was ‘absurd’, his former Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz says

‘I hope he didn’t learn them from me, he was my student,’ Dershowitz says of Cruz

The Independent UK

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Ted Cruz questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson was ‘absurd’, his former Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz says

‘I hope he didn’t learn them from me, he was my student,’ Dershowitz says of Cruz

The Independent UK

NCAA Hockey Tournament: Harvard vs. Minnesota State, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch

The Harvard Crimson will meet the Minnesota State University-Mankato in the First Round of the NCAA Hockey Tournament on Thursday afternoon.

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POINT: It’s time to stop racial discrimination in college admissions

In a 2007 Supreme Court decision involving a school district in Seattle, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

Tribune News Service

High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race case

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson says that if confirmed to the Supreme Court she’d sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvard’s admission policies because she sits on the board of her college alma mater

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She Intends to Recuse from Harvard Admissions Case if Confirmed

While some legal ethics experts suggest recusal would not be necessary, the SCOTUS nominee suggested she thinks otherwise.

Reason

Marsha Blackburn refuses to apologise for asking Ketanji Brown Jackson to ‘define a woman’

Ms Blackburn is set to question Ms Jackson further on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies at 84 – as it happened

Albright served as the senior US diplomat in the administration of Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 – follow the latest

The Guardian - US

Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires' history of sexual harassment

When three graduate students sued Harvard University in early 2022 for sexual harassment by a tenured professor, they claimed the school hired the professor despite knowing that he allegedly harassed students at the last school where he worked.

The Conversation

Ketanji Brown Jackson has already made Supreme Court history. Here's what to expect from her confirmation hearing

If confirmed, the Harvard graduate would bring a unique perspective to the Supreme Court, dominated by white men for more than 200 years. As the Senate Judiciary Committee chair points out, "it's not easy being the first".

ABC News

Text of Supreme Court nominee Jackson's opening remarks

Text of the opening remarks by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to the Supreme Court, on the first day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as delivered March 21, 2022:

The Independent UK

Aliens, UFOs and government files: Meet the Harvard astronomer who says aliens have already visited us

Avi Loeb, 60, is convinced humankind will encounter extraterrestrials in his lifetime. But he says scientific progress is being held back by the belief that we’re the ‘smartest kids on the cosmic block’. Bevan Hurley writes

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Fuzzy Logic

This Harvard mammalogist is here to tell you: There’s a fair chance your college mascot isn’t what you think it is.

Al Jazeera

Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court pick?

As Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearings get under way, Al Jazeera examines her path to the United States’ top court.

The Hindu

Ashish Jha: Biden’s COVID response chief

The Bihar-born Harvard physician will lead America’s fight against the virus

Reason

Should Ketanji Brown Jackson Recuse in Harvard Admissions Case?

Does her position on Harvard University's Board of Overseers require or counsel her recusal once she is confirmed?

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Benzinga

This CEO Has Been Buying More Than $1B Of His Own Stock Over The Last Year

Dustin Moskovitz co-founded Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) with Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard in 2004.

Benzinga

This Day In Market History: John Galbraith Congressional Testimony Angers Investors

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On March 8, 1955, Harvard economics professor John Galbraith told the Senate Banking Committee the stock market was overheating, sending the Dow crashing 2%.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Affirmative action is under attack

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear two cases, one against Harvard and the other against the University of North Carolina. Filed by the conservative activist group Students for Fair Admissions, the cases challenge the legality of affirmative action, which allows colleges and universities to consider racial disparities —…

The Guardian - US

Tucker Carlson suddenly has questions about Ketanji Brown Jackson’s credentials – I have questions about his

Joe Biden has nominated the first Black female justice on the supreme court, Carlson is questioning her LSAT scores

The Guardian - UK

Paul Farmer obituary

Medical anthropologist and humanitarian dedicated to providing healthcare to some of the world’s poorest communities

The Independent UK

‘Patently racist’: Tucker Carlson under fire for questioning Ketanji Brown Jackson’s LSAT scores

The Fox News host’s call for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s LSAT score is ‘patently racist,’ says one Harvard Law School graduate

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #4

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

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