Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gets her own bobblehead
New bobblehead: New Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will be honored with her own bobblehead. (National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum)MILWAUKEE — Katanji Brown Jackson broke ground as the first Black woman to be confirmed on the Supreme Court. 🚨New Release!🚨 Check out the first bobblehead of the newest Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson. When she was sworn in as the 116th Supreme Court Justice, Brown Jackson became the first Black female Supreme Court Justice. pic.twitter.com/ZtTC7CpZCm — National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum (@BobbleheadHall) July 29, 2022“We are excited to release this bobblehead of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson,” Phil Sklar, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO said in a statement.
wftv.comSupreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case
Supreme Court Jackson In this image provided by the Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson signs the Oaths of Office at the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 30, 2022, as Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts watches. (Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP) (Fred Schilling)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday took a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions. The court split the case in two, allowing Jackson to hear arguments and vote in the North Carolina case. She is a graduate both of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. The court abandoned plans to hear them together and eventually issued its major decision in the case in which all the justices participated.
wftv.comSupreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case
The Supreme Court on Friday took a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions. Jackson, who joined the court June 30 following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, had pledged during her confirmation hearing to sit out the case involving Harvard's admissions policy because she was a member of the school's board. The Harvard dispute had been joined to a similar lawsuit involving the University of North Carolina.
news.yahoo.comAppeals court: Congress can see some Trump financial records
Trump Financial Records FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Road to Majority conference June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. A federal appeals court on July 8, 2022, narrowed the range of documents House Democrats are entitled to in their years-long investigation of Trump's finances. A federal judge in Washington already had ruled that lawmakers were entitled to review a more limited set of records than they initially wanted. It held that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform should be given records of financial ties between foreign countries and Trump or any of his businesses for 2017-18. Lower courts had first ruled broadly in favor of the committee, but the Supreme Court in 2020 ordered a new analysis. The committee's hunt for records overlaps with other records that have already been released to investigators.
wftv.comAppeals court: Congress can see some Trump financial records
A federal appeals court on Friday narrowed the range of documents House Democrats are entitled to in their years-long investigation of Donald Trump's finances. The decision from the federal appeals court in Washington almost certainly won't be the last word in the legal fight that began in 2019, when Trump was president and Democrats newly in charge of the House of Representatives subpoenaed a wealth of records from Trump's accounting firm, Mazars USA. It held that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform should be given records of financial ties between foreign countries and Trump or any of his businesses for 2017-18.
news.yahoo.comSupreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retiree
Until last week when he swore in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer had a rigorous, intellectually challenging job with the highest of stakes. As a retired justice, Breyer can maintain an office at the Supreme Court if he wants to and also gets a clerk to help him. One example: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the court's first female justice, in retirement founded a group that teaches students civics through computer games.
news.yahoo.comJackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
Supreme Court Jackson In this image from video provided by the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts administers the Constitutional Oath to Ketanji Brown Jackson as her husband Patrick Jackson holds the Bible at the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (Supreme Court via AP) (Uncredited)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation's highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court's 116th justice, and she took the place of the justice she once worked for. Moments later, joined by her family, Jackson recited the two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts. Jackson had been in a sort of judicial limbo since, remaining a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., but not hearing any cases.
wftv.comJackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires from Supreme Court
Supreme Court Jackson FILE - Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., arrives for a meeting in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 31, 2022. The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Jackson, is officially becoming a justice. Jackson will be sworn as the court’s 116th justice at midday Thursday, June 30, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires. Jackson, 51, will be sworn in just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires. Jackson will recite two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts.
wftv.comKetanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., arrives for a meeting in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 31, 2022. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in as a Supreme Court associate justice on Thursday following the retirement of longtime Justice Stephen Breyer, making her the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. >> Related: Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to the Supreme Court on 53-47 voteBreyer, 83, has served on the Supreme Court since being appointed to his seat by then-President Bill Clinton in 1994. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 21 Photos: Ketanji Brown Jackson nominated to US Supreme Court WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is seen during a meeting with U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on Capitol Hill March 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson continued to meet with Senate members on Capitol Hill ahead of her confirmation vote.
wftv.comJackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires from Supreme Court
Supreme Court Jackson FILE - Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., arrives for a meeting in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 31, 2022. The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Jackson, is officially becoming a justice. Jackson will be sworn as the court’s 116th justice at midday Thursday, June 30, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires. Scott Applewhite, File) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Nearly three months after she won confirmation to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially becoming a justice. Jackson, 51, will be sworn as the court's 116th justice Thursday, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires.
wftv.comHigh court noon: Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires
WASHINGTON — (AP) — Nearly three months after she won confirmation to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially becoming a justice. Jackson, 51, will be sworn as the court's 116th justice Thursday, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires. In a ceremony the court said it will stream live on its website, Jackson will recite two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts. Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, will be the first Black woman to serve as a justice. She has been in a sort of judicial limbo ever since, remaining a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., but not hearing any cases.
wftv.comBlake Masters Blames Gun Violence on ‘Black People, Frankly’
Gage Skidmore/The Star News Network/Wikimedia CommonsTech investor and Arizona Republican Senate hopeful Blake Masters acknowledges that the United States has a gun violence problem. But he also has a theory about why there’s a problem—it’s “Black people, frankly.”Masters boiled the issue down in an April 11 interview on the Jeff Oravits Show podcast, telling the host that “we do have a gun violence problem in this country, and it’s gang violence.”“It’s people in Chicago, St. Louis shooting each
news.yahoo.comHawley introduces bill to strip 'woke' Disney of special copyright protections
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Josh Hawley is introducing legislation that would strip the Walt Disney Company of special copyright protections granted to the corporation by Congress, while also limiting the length of new copyrights.
news.yahoo.comAP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmation
And a majority of Black Americans — but fewer white and Hispanic Americans — approve of her confirmation. Overall, 48% of Americans say they approve and 19% disapprove of Jackson's confirmation to the high court according to the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Eighty percent of Democrats and only 18% of Republicans approve of Jackson’s confirmation to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Brown, who lives in New York and works in health care, is an independent who leans Democratic and called Jackson's confirmation “historic." The new poll shows confidence in the Supreme Court remains low, according to the poll, but is similar to what it was in a February AP-NORC poll.
wftv.comHigh court won't hear New York City teacher vaccine dispute
Supreme Court Nomination People celebrate the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court during a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (Jose Luis Magana)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a lawsuit filed by four New York City public school employees over a policy that they be vaccinated against COVID-19. As is typical the justices did not say anything in rejecting the case, and it was one of more than 100 the court turned away. New York City began requiring public school employees to be vaccinated in the fall of 2021. Courts had declined to bar the city from enforcing their policy, which applies to some 150,000 employees and has religious and medical exemptions.
wftv.comTexts show Utah Sen. Lee's early work to overturn election
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Carolyn Kaster)SALT LAKE CITY — (AP) — Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away. The messages from Lee to Meadows — and messages from Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy to Meadows — were reported on and published Friday by CNN. They show Lee’s efforts to assist Trump began Nov. 7 and included early support for Powell. Later, Lee explored a plan to encourage state legislatures to alter the outcome of the 2020 election by appointing alternate electors. Her involvement in the efforts have raised concerns about her husband's potential involvement in any cases involving the election or the Jan. 6 insurrection.
wftv.comTexts show Utah Sen. Lee's early work to overturn election
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Carolyn Kaster)SALT LAKE CITY — (AP) — Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away. The messages from Lee to Meadows — and messages from Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy to Meadows — were reported on and published Friday by CNN. They show Lee’s efforts to assist Trump began Nov. 7 and included early support for Powell. Later, Lee explored a plan to encourage state legislatures to alter the outcome of the 2020 election by appointing alternate electors. Her involvement in the efforts have raised concerns about her husband's potential involvement in any cases involving the election or the Jan. 6 insurrection.
wftv.comKetanji Brown Jackson is and isn't first Black woman justice
The applause and the excitement was for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who last week was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court and will become its first Black female justice. “As a judge, as a Black woman, I am extremely proud and wish her the best,” said Troutman, who took her seat earlier this year and is the second Black woman to serve on her court. Being the first Black woman and first person of color on her state's five-member court “feels like a responsibility,” Long said. Louisiana also until recently had a Black woman leading its highest court. Today, Justice Piper D. Griffin is the second Black woman and third Black person to serve on that court.
wftv.comKetanji Brown Jackson is and isn't 1st Black female justice
Shirley Troutman, a judge on New York's highest court, was working last week when her daughter texted messages that included a clapping hands emoji. The applause and the excitement was for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who last week was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court and will become its first Black female justice. “As a judge, as a Black woman, I am extremely proud and wish her the best,” said Troutman, who took her seat earlier this year and is the second Black woman to serve on her court.
news.yahoo.comTrump-backed Alaska hopeful officially files for Senate run
2022 Election-Senate-Alaska Kelly Tshibaka, left, a Republican, smiles as she officially files to run in Alaska's U.S. Senate race, Monday, April 11, 2022, while her husband, Niki Tshibaka, looks on at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska. Eleven other candidates have signed up so far in the Senate race, including incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, also a Republican. When Murkowski filed for office in November, she was asked about running against a Trump-backed opponent. When asked if the two big personalities of Trump and Palin could overshadow her campaign, Tshibaka said that is separate from the Senate campaign. In addition to Murkowski and Tshibaka, 10 other candidates so far have filed to run in the Senate race.
wftv.comSenate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
3 GOP senators will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s nominee a new burst of bipartisan support to become the first Black woman on the high court.
Biden finds no respite at home after returning from Europe
President Joe Biden stirred some of the first public cracks in transatlantic unity over the invasion of Ukraine with his comments in Warsaw that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” tarnishing an otherwise successful four-day trip to Europe.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson back for more hearings
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning about her sentencing of criminal defendants on Wednesday, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faces initial round of questioning
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday, pushing back on Republican assertions that she would be soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the high court.