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Schumer vows abortion law vote, but not filibuster changes

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer angrily denounced as an “abomination” the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision that would overturn the nation’s landmark Roe v

The Independent UK

Collins says Kavanaugh and Gorsuch possibly broke promise on Roe v. Wade

Collins said that the associate justices had assured her they would not overturn Roe.

Axios

Through the Trumpian looking glass, forcing women to die from illegal abortions is ‘pro-life’

The levers of power are pulled by those with no skin in the game, at the expense of those with an entire uterus in it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Senate Democrats look to write abortion rights into law, but may lack votes

Some lawmakers are calling for action to protect abortion rights following a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Roll Call

Editorial: One urgent bipartisan election reform is within reach. Democrats should take it

A bipartisan group of senators reportedly is close to agreement on recommending reforms to a flawed, archaic law that former President Donald Trump abused in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. The Electoral Count Act of 1887 gives the vice president a ceremonial role in approving state vote counts,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Joe Manchin would have caucused with GOP if McConnell weren’t leader, new book claims

’If you were leader I would do it,’ the West Virginia Democrat reportedly said to Sen John Thune about defecting to his party, according to an excerpt from This Will Not Shall Pass

The Independent UK

The women of the Senate meet — for dinner

The group of 22 talked about everything — except politics.

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Collins to Musk: Get Trump on Twitter

"It’s ironic that we allow Russian government sites to be on Twitter, but we don’t allow President Trump”

Salon

Conflicting incentives for quick election-year spending deal - Roll Call

Dynamics for a spending agreement this year are there, but history also says election years lead to delays and stopgap bills.

Roll Call

Susan Collins says that Trump should get his Twitter back

Comes as Elon Musk buys platform with promises of increasing freedom of expression

The Independent UK

Aid to restaurants, businesses faces Senate headwinds - Roll Call

The Senate may soon test the bipartisan limits on pandemic spending as Democratic leaders prepare for action on a small-business aid package.

Roll Call

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

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.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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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The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel calls Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘sociopath’ for reporting him to police over Will Smith joke

‘Officer? I would like to report a joke’

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Story ideas around the Jackson confirmation

After 232 years and 115 other justices, the Supreme Court will have its first Black woman justice. The senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday by a vote of 53-47. Three Republicans — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah — voted with Democrats…

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Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to the United States Supreme Court

The U.S. Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 2022. When she assumes office, she will become the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in United States history. Jackson will be sworn in when Justice…

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Politicians say the Supreme Court confirmation process is broken. Here’s why

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s road to the U.S. Supreme Court has highlighted a lot about the country — including what some say is a broken process to get there.

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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, the end of a historic nomination process streaked with acrimony even for a justice who will not alter the court’s current conservative tilt.

Tribune News Service

Senate set to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy

Chicago Sun-Times

Ketanji Brown Jackson approved as first Black woman Supreme Court justice

Jackson was confirmed 53-47, mostly along party lines but with three Republican votes.

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel laughs off Marjorie Taylor Greene calling police after joke

‘Officer? I would like to report a joke’

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Stand back, because Lindsey Graham keeps flip-flopping like crazy

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is expected to be confirmed this week after a bipartisan group of senators voted on Monday to advance her nomination. So far only three Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — have said they will support Jackson.…

The Independent UK

Senate poised to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court

The Senate is expected to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his historic pick

The Independent UK

AOC confident that GOP immigration provisions won’t be in Covid relief bill

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cited the words of West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, often the target of her criticism

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