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Ketanji Brown Jackson Invokes History, Family in Emotional Speech
Newly-confirmed first Black woman SCOTUS justice spoke publicly at White House today
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U.S. Supreme Court Approves Wisconsin Congressional Maps, But Blocks State Legislative Maps
It’s the first time during this redistricting cycle that the court has overturned maps drawn by a state.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Nominated as First Black Woman to SCOTUS
The confirmation process could put Vice President Kamala Harris in position to cast a historic vote in the Senate
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SCOTUS Allows Alabama Congressional Map that Diminishes Black Voting Power
We’ll give you three guesses who voted against Black folks’ voting rights
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Kamala Harris To Be Sworn in as VP on Thurgood Marshall's Bible by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be making more than one symbolic statement at her inauguration on Wednesday. According to ABC News, Harris will mark her historic inauguration as vice president by swearing-in on a bible that belonged to civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, who was the first Black Supreme Court justice. Harris will be sworn…
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Trump Administration Executes 13th Person, Dustin Higgs, Days Away from Inauguration
The Justice Department executed 48-year-old Dustin Higgs at the Terre Haute federal penitentiary in Indiana on Friday night, marking the 13th execution the Trump Administration has pushed through while in office. Higgs was convicted and put on death row in 2000 for kidnapping and ordering the killing of three women, but maintained his innocence to…
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The Supreme Court Allowed the Trump Administration to Halt the 2020 Census Count
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the green light to halt the 2020 census count ahead of schedule. While the order technically only pauses the count while a federal appeals court decides whether or not the count should be stopped early, experts say the ruling effectively shuts down the count for 2020…
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Supreme Court Strikes Major Blow to Voting Rights, Won’t Change Florida Voting Rules for Felons
In 2018, Florida voters made a momentous decision: restoring the right to vote for those convicted of a felony, so long as they’ve fulfilled their prison time, parole or probation. But since then, the state of Florida has introduced what has been deemed as a modern-day voting tax for released felons, mandating that they pay…