Jackson is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and one of three Black women that Biden had been considering as finalists for the vacancy.
Tag: U.S. Supreme Court Vacancies
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Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of current term
President Joe Biden has pledged to nominate a Black woman to succeed Breyer, and the White House has consistently reiterated that Biden intends to honor that campaign promise.
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Susan Collins was always for Brett Kavanaugh
Susan Collins’ credibility is in tatters. And if Maine progressives get their way, she’s finished as a United States Senator as of January 2021.
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Maria Cantwell will join filibuster of Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
Washington’s junior United States Senator Maria Cantwell announced today that she will be joining her seatmate Patty Murray and many other Democratic Senators in filibustering Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch as well as voting no on his nomination should the filibuster be broken. “We need a U.S. Supreme Court justice who will stand […]
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Senate Democrats must filibuster Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
Neofascist Donald Trump tonight announced he is nominating an archconservative judge to fill the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia’s death nearly a year ago, which should have been filled last year, but wasn’t due to the obstructionism of Senate Republicans. Trump’s pick, Neil Gorsuch, would be an almost sure vote to “to limit gay rights, […]
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Right wing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at seventy-nine
United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the most senior justice on the Roberts Court and a reliable vote for the Court’s right wing bloc, has died, according to a statement released today by Chief Justice John Roberts. “On behalf of the Court and retired Justices, I am saddened to report that our colleague Justice […]