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President Biden signed legislation that removes a bust of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney from the U.S. Capitol building. Taney was the author of the infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford decision.

The bill calls for replacing the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the decision upholding slavery, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve on the high court.

The bust of a U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote an infamous decision on slavery could soon be leaving the Capitol.

The measure replaces the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney with late Justice Thurgood Marshall.

The oldest president in U.S. history is hitting a milestone birthday.

The Court’s newest member wanted to know what fairness looks like if you take race out of the equation.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is making her first appearance on the Supreme Court bench in a brief courtroom ceremony three days ahead of the start of the high court's new term. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses are expected Friday at the invitation-only ceremonial investiture for Jackson, the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Biden had pledged during his presidential campaign that he would nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Jackson is the first justice appointed by a Democratic president since Justice Elena Kagan joined the court in 2010. Former President Donald Trump eventually chose Justice Neil Gorsuch, the first of his three Supreme Court appointees, to fill Scalia's seat.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she has “a seat at the table now and I’m ready to work,” leaning into her history-making role as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary “Sidney” has arrived eight months after the death of Sidney Poitier.

Former President Barack Obama told the Harvard men’s basketball team that the sport taught him “it wasn’t just about me.”.

The Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade is expected to lead to abortion being banned or severely restricted in nearly half the United States.

Justice Jackson will join the highest court in the US at a pivotal moment in its 233-year history.

Jackson, 51, was chosen for the court by President Biden after Breyer earlier this year announced his plans to retire.

Reparations experts and advocates largely welcomed a move by California to acknowledge in writing its role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans.

Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality.

In an exclusive interview, Patrisse Cullors, the former leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, tells The Associated Press that neither she nor anyone else in leadership has misused millions of dollars in donations.

More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided.

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.

Lawmakers erupted in cheers after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the 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.

Three Republican senators are breaking from their party to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the Supreme Court.

Kamala Harris and Ketanji Brown Jackson's ascension to their historic posts reflects the enduring influence of a handful of civil rights lawyers.

Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she'll vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is pushing Ketanji Brown Jackson closer to confirmation, setting up a vote next week to recommend her nomination to the full Senate and seat her as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

Empathy is not a quality many Republican senators want to see in the next Supreme Court justice.

After more than 30 hours of hearings, the Senate is on track to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has announced his intention to support the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, pushing her one step closer to confirmation.

The historic Senate hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who's the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court, have been joyful, combative and clarifying.

Justice Clarence Thomas admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington Friday night, complaining of flu-like symptoms. Sunday night, the court said he had been diagnosed with an infection and was being treated with intravenous antibiotics.

It’s not just Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being watched as she makes history as the first Black woman to be considered for the job.

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 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.

History was made the instant Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The first full day of questions for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson opened with some very big ones — on race, abortion and judicial philosophy.

Judge Ketanji Brown is pledging to defend the Constitution and decide cases “without fear or favor” if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Ketanji Brown Jackson has held private meetings with almost half the members of the Senate.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, is going before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the path to her historic confirmation seemingly clear.

Supreme Court Marshall Confirmation FILE - Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall, nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the U.S. Supreme Court, sits at the witness table before testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing in Washington, July 18, 1967. Marshall had argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in which the Supreme Court outlawed official segregation. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., who would later recant his segregationist views, said it would be smart politically for him to support Marshall because Marshall was Black. "Yet, I consider it my duty as a senator, under the Constitution, not to let Mr. Marshall’s race influence my decision. President Joe Biden pledged during the 2020 campaign to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court for the first time.

The first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court is likely to face questioning at her Senate hearing that would have been familiar to Thurgood Marshall, the first Black man who served on the high court.

President Joe Biden knows better than anyone the unexpected turns a Supreme Court nomination can take after it lands on Capitol Hill.

Labor unions and worker advocates have applauded President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court.

Jackson, 51, is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School and currently a federal appeals court judge in Washington. And he said her experience serving as a trial court judge before her nomination to an appeals court was also “a critical qualification” in his view. Jackson could face some criticism because she doesn't have a very long record as a federal appeals court judge. Those decisions were appealed to the Supreme Court and the justices allowed evictions to resume, but also allowed the documents' release. As far as the current Supreme Court opening, Jackson has previously had the endorsement of the man she would replace.

The judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes.

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the court’s first Black woman.

Only two Black men have ever served on the nation’s highest court— the late Justice Thurgood Marshall and current Justice Clarence Thomas — and Black Americans are the most enthusiastic about adding a Black woman. A 65 percent majority of Black Americans say it would be good for the country, with 33 percent saying it would make no difference, according to the poll. Over half of women, 54 percent, say that having a Black woman on the Supreme Court would be a good thing for the country, compared with 35 percent of men. AdvertisementStory continues below advertisementThe poll shows that 44 percent of Americans approve of the way the Supreme Court is doing its job, while 36 percent disapprove and 19 percent offer no opinion. Story continues below advertisementThe Post-ABC poll was conducted Sunday through Thursday among a random national sample of 1,011 adults reached cellphones and landlines.

The American people are split over President Biden's decision to nominate a Black female justice, with 55% saying the pick isn't important.

Supreme Court Vacancy The First FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo in 1982. O'Connor joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice. (AP Photo, File) (Anonymous)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Sandra Day O'Connor was nervous when she joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice. "It's all right to be the first to do something, but I didn't want to be the last woman on the Supreme Court," O'Connor said in 2012. Some Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, have criticized Biden’s pledge to name a Black woman to the court.

Just being the newest member of the Supreme Court can be a momentous adjustment for a justice.

If President Joe Biden’s search for a nominee to the Supreme Court could be summed up by a Help Wanted ad it might read: “Seeking a well-respected liberal jurist.

The NBA's All-Stars are sharing their stage this weekend in Cleveland.

President Joe Biden had zeroed in on a pair of finalists for his first Supreme Court pick when there were rumors last year that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire.

Supreme Court Biden Judicial Experience FILE - Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. He's increasing not just the racial and gender diversity of the federal judiciary but its professional expertise as well. Federal judges are hearing most of the cases, with roughly 400,000 cases filed in federal trial courts a year. But Biden's very public push to diversify federal judges could have an impact on how judges in the states look, too. “Neither state courts nor federal courts reflect the diversity of the communities they serve, or the diversity of the legal profession.

Supreme Court Biden Judicial Experience FILE - Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. He's increasing not just the racial and gender diversity of the federal judiciary but its professional expertise as well. Federal judges are hearing most of the cases, with roughly 400,000 cases filed in federal trial courts a year. Federal judges are often chosen from state courts, which also lack in diversity. But Biden's very public push to diversify federal judges could have an impact on how judges in the states look, too.

President Joe Biden has already made history by nominating more public defenders, civil rights attorneys and nonprofit lawyers to the federal bench during his first year in office than past presidents.

Black women have been buoyed by President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the court.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he will not run for the U.S. Senate.

President Joe Biden had Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over to the White House on Wednesday to talk about how to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden is reaching out to Republican as well as Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee leaders as he works to gain GOP support for his Supreme Court nominee.

President Joe Biden's commitment to nominating the U.S. Supreme Court's first Black female justice will have an incalculable effect on young lawyers around the country.

Bringing the fractious party together behind a nominee to replace the retiring Supreme Court justice should be a win for a White House that badly needs one.

President Joe Biden has strongly affirmed that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court, and each of them would fulfill his campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court.

Sidney Poitier made history — on the screen and off.

As Jussie Smollett fights criminal charges that he lied to Chicago police about being the victim of an anti-gay, racist attack, his supporters are also working on a broader strategy: Ensuring the 39-year-old emerges from the scandal with his reputation and career intact, whatever the outcome of the trial.

A South Florida law school says it is creating a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil rights attorney who has gained national prominence representing victims of police brutality and vigilante violence.

A local prosecutor has filed a motion to clear the names of four African American men who were wrongly accused of raping a white woman more than seven decades ago.

Officials at historically Black colleges thought they might finally have a pipeline for long-term funding from the federal government after the Biden administration included at least $45 billion for them in its multitrillion dollar economic package.

One of the nation's most prestigious historically Black colleges got a major publicity boost recently when it announced two high-profile faculty hires.

In this Tuesday, May 5, 2020, photo, Morehouse College senior Lanarion "LTL" Norwood Jr., of Atlanta, works on his computer in a hotel room in Atlanta. Then Bennett, a small historically black womens college in North Carolina, saw Johnsons potential and offered her a full scholarship. HBCUs have the added challenge of educating a large population of low-income and first-generation students who now need more help than ever. Morehouse College President David Thomas said after the last recession enrollment at the all-men's school in Atlanta dropped from about 2,800 to 2,100. It was kind of magical when I first stepped onto the Morehouse campus, Norwood said.

A huge crowd gathered on Friday around the new memorial, which stands outside the Old Lake County Courthouse. TAVARES Hundreds gathered in front of the Old Lake County Courthouse on Friday morning for the unveiling of the Groveland Four Memorial. The Groveland Four Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Sammy Shepherd and Ernest Thomas were accused of raping a 17-year-old Groveland girl in 1949. DeSantis and his Cabinet pardoned The Groveland Four last January after a united push from Lake County, local city and state leaders and Groveland Four family members and advocates. Last January, the Lake County Commission directed staff to develop a design for the monument honoring the Groveland Four.

click to enlarge Photo via Florida Supreme Court/Wikimedia CommonsThe Florida Supreme Court in 2019The Florida Supreme Court lacks the diversity needed to satisfy the many legal needs of Floridas divergent, ethnic and racial communities. The current makeup of the state Supreme Court is particularly glaring. However, the big yardstick remains appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, a measurement where Gov. As a newly elected governor, he replaced three justices appointed by Democratic governors, flipping the once moderate Florida Supreme Court into one of the nations most conservative. Circuit Court of Appeals.The Florida Supreme Court is no inconsequential institution.