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The Latest Breaking News from Ketanji Brown Jackson

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The Independent UK

High court noon: Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is officially becoming a justice

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson To Become 104th Associate Justice Thursday At Noon

The Supreme Court announces when Judge Jackson will become Justice Jackson.

Reason

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US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to step down on Thursday

Breyer’s departure paves the way for Ketanji Brown Jackson to start her tenure as the first Black woman on US top court.

Al Jazeera

Stephen Breyer Officially Retires Tomorrow, Opening a Seat for Ketanji Brown Jackson

“My retirement from active service,” Breyer told the president, “will be effective on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at noon.”

Reason

Stephen Breyer will retire this week, paving way for Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as Supreme Court justice

Judge Jackson will replace Breyer following this year’s controversial term with the new conservative-majority court

The Independent UK

Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court on Thursday

Breyer said that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson "is prepared to take the prescribed oaths" to succeed him.

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GOP senator Thom Tillis is pushing back on Trump on guns. Why the North Carolina Republican think it’s time to act

The Republican senator who helped negotiate the first major piece of gun legislation in 28 years talks with Eric Garcia about bipartisanship, why Trump shouldn’t oppose the gun bill and why he supported a primary challenge against Madison Cawthorn

The Independent UK

Are a Majority of D.C. Circuit Judges Republican Appointees? The NYT Thinks So [Updated]

A New York Times piece on conservative legal challenges to climate regulations characterizes the balance of the D.C. Circuit in a most unusual way.

Reason

Cruz accuses Schumer of Kavanaugh hit

Speaking to Fox News' Sean Hannity, the Texas Republican lawmaker blamed the Democratic Party for recent attacks

Salon

A respected conservative judge is now a critic of his party — and former clerks

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig was questioned by one of his former law clerks about the role of another in the insurrection. He has spoken out against former clerks John Eastman and Ted Cruz.

WEKU

Dana Remus made legal history in the White House. Now she's moving on

Stuart Delery will replace her. Also, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will advise the White House on public engagement and Julie Rodriguez will be promoted to senior advisor.

WEKU

A Former Public Defender Joins the Supreme Court

Newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has a good track record on cases involving qualified immunity.

Reason

Senate Judiciary Committee sends D.C. Circuit nominee to the floor

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Judge J. Michelle Childs for the influential federal appeals court in Washington, in a bipartisan 17-5 vote that sets up a later final confirmation vote on the Senate floor.

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The Independent UK

Senate panel approves Michelle Childs for DC appeals court

South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs is one step closer to confirmation for the federal court typically seen as a proving ground for the nation’s highest bench

Roll Call

Senate Judiciary Committee sends DC Circuit nominee to the floor

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Judge J. Michelle Childs for the influential federal appeals court in Washington.

WEKU

Eastern Standard Preview for May 19, 2022

From weeks trapped in a basement shelter in the devastated eastern Ukraine city of Mariupol to safety in Lexington: Valery Kaidanov on the odyssey of her 84-year old mother, Vera Lisen. | After inflation is taken into account, state employee wages have declined over a decade. An analysis of a…

Salon

Now they are blaming KBJ for SCOTUS leak

If you thought Republican attacks on incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson were over, you were wrong

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Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Why we need term limits for Supreme Court justices

The Supreme Court's now-confirmed intention of overturning the half-century-old protection for abortion rights in Roe v. Wade is energizing the debate over how to rein in the court's extreme conservative slant.

Los Angeles Times

Psaki to cede White House lectern to her history-making deputy, Karine Jean-Pierre

WASHINGTON — Karine Jean-Pierre has been selected to be the next White House press secretary, becoming the first Black person and out gay woman to serve in that role.

The Conversation

The federal election winner will get a big opportunity to change the face of the High Court - will they take it?

The leaked Roe v Wade draft opinion this week has shown us the power of the legal system when it comes to facilitating (or winding back) social change.

Mic

Beyoncé is really grateful you didn't listen to that Renaissance leak

“I can’t thank y’all enough for your love and protection,” she wrote.

Tribune News Service

State supreme courts are starting to look more like America

State supreme courts wield power over many areas of American life, from school funding to environmental protection, gun laws to voting. Even as the United States population has become more diverse, state high courts have been the domain of white judges, attorneys and staff.

Tribune News Service

POINT: Why are Republicans so obsessed with gender issues?

What makes a woman a woman? That’s the question Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed legislation that threatens doctors and nurses with up to 10 years in prison for aiding transgender young people in transitioning. Florida’s…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Only with listening can justice be applied properly

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has made history as the first Black woman confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Both her confirmation hearings and her history as a judge underscore a larger issue: Justice can’t exist without listening.

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