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US courts of Western NC have had only white male judges for 150 years. Is that changing?

This month, President Joe Biden and the U.S. Senate made Supreme Court history. Now it may be the Western District of North Carolina’s turn.

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Michelle Deal-Zimmerman: It’s a slap in the face to believe violence protects Black women

I still can’t figure out why Baltimore native Jada Pinkett Smith gives a flying foxtail on a Friday about what a comedian says about her beautiful bald head.

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Biden’s trailblazing federal judicial picks: Asian American, Hispanic nominees for Chicago spots

Sens. Durbin and Duckworth said John Lee and Nancy Maldonado will bring “demographic and professional diversity that will strengthen our federal bench.”

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Extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene are the future of the Republican party

It’s impossible to understand American politics without grappling in earnest with why Greene’s extremism is widely seen as justified on the right

The Guardian - US

Rekha Basu: Chuck Grassley had a chance to restore bipartisan confidence. He passed

I feel stupid for having dared to hope Sen. Chuck Grassley would make the leap to vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson getting on the Supreme Court. Thankfully, she made it through without the support of Iowa's senior senator. But the victory could have been sweeter, the moment more memorable,…

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Biden’s sister calls Lindsey Graham ‘sycophant in chief’ in new book

Biden and the South Carolina Republican were longtime friends.

The Independent UK

Blackburn: Tennesseans want border wall

In fact, Tennessee is located roughly 1,700 from Mexico and borders Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia

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Ketanji Brown Jackson is and isn't 1st Black female justice

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court last week and will become its first Black female justice

The Independent UK

Commentary: Have we become too reliant on deferring to experts?

In one of the most dramatic moments of the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked the judge, “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?”

Chicago Tribune

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for April 1

Welcome to the April 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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GOP goes full "groomer" to stir violence

Republicans don't really think liberals are "grooming" children — but they know saying so is permission to violence

Salon

RBG jokes with KBJ in SNL sketch

Biden left KBJ in the Oval Office, suggesting she imagine the people who came before her. And RBG appeared

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Erika D. Smith: On the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a symbol. But she's also human

Vice President Kamala Harris didn't need to show up at the Capitol on Thursday to preside over the final vote confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Los Angeles Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Reports Jimmy Kimmel to Capitol Police for a "Threat of Violence"

https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1511816972610244615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511816972610244615%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2Fmarjorie-taylor-greene-claims-she-called-the-cops-on-jimmy-kimmel-over-a-will-smith-joke%2F Washington Post (Eugene Scott) reports: Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joked about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in his opening monologue earlier this week after she labeled some in her party "pro-pedophile" for supporting Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. "Where is Will Smith when you really need him?"…

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Why the right wants to see naughty bits

A panel of experts on conservative fascination with bodily functions — it's vicious, illogical and also revealing

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Why Lindsey Graham didn't vote for KBJ

The GOP's lines of questioning had, for the most part, little to do with her unprecedented qualifications

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Editorial: Lessons learned from Ketanji Brown Jackson

Lacking any valid reason to reject Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, some Senate Republicans chose an utterly pointless pretext: her refusal to say whether she supports packing the court with more justices, as some of its critics advocate.

The Independent UK

Jackson, COVID and a retirement show Congress' partisan path

A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process

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Jackson's speech highlights US race struggles, progress

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at the White House went to the heart of both the triumphs and struggles of Black Americans in her lifetime

Chicago Sun-Times

Durbin, Lightfoot, Raoul, Moseley Braun: At Ketanji Brown Jackson White House Supreme Court fete

Said Mayor Lightfoot: “Being a Black woman and ascending to the heights” that Jackson “has gotten to” means “you’ve been through it all, through every fight, you know, every trick, and you know how they don’t want us to succeed.”

The Independent UK

Jackson confirmation speech notes US race struggle, progress

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at the White House on Friday went to the heart of both the triumphs and struggles of Black Americans in her lifetime

Los Angeles Times

Biden hails Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday heralded the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is about to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, as a moment of “real change in American history.”

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

The race to fill out the remainder of former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s unexpired term was the only battleground among the races we covered on April 5. Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson defeated Robert Donovan. Although the race is officially nonpartisan, Johnson has said he is a Democrat. Donovan described himself…

The Guardian - US

Mood as light as spring air as Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers words to remember

After 232 years, a Black woman is on the supreme court – and the atmosphere on a sunny Washington day was celebratory

Tribune News Service

More politicians test positive for COVID-19 as virus spreads among DC power players

Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock both tested positive for COVID-19 late Thursday after casting their vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, making them the latest in a string of Washington D.C. power players to contract the virus.

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