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US Supreme Court clears the way for unlawful arrest lawsuit against NYPD

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man falsely arrested in a child molestation case will finally get his day in court after the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for him to sue the NYPD even though his case was dismissed.

Tribune News Service

Republicans unite to deadlock on KBJ

Despite GOP opposition, Jackson is set to be confirmed as the first Black woman in history to sit on Supreme Court

Salon

Graham still hung up on Kavanaugh

Graham says he will vote against Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation amid hangup on Kavanaugh hearings

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"Performative" KBJ attacks may haunt GOP

Judge Jackson only gained popularity after baseless Republican attacks during her confirmation hearings

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Red states push strident abortion bans

519 abortion restriction bills were introduced in 41 states in just three months

Salon

Anti-death penalty advocate weds man on Oklahoma death row

Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row

The Independent UK

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #6

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

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Sen. Josh Hawley says he missed a call from Trump on morning of Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said Tuesday that former President Donald Trump attempted to call him on Jan. 6, 2021 but the two were not able to connect.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Supreme Court hears case of veteran who lost job as state trooper after returning from Iraq sick from burn pits

Le Roy Torres says the TDPS refused to reassign him to a different role after he returned from deployment sick, forcing him to resign

The Independent UK

DeSantis vetoes congressional maps, sets special session for April

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis made good on his promise to veto the GOP Legislature’s congressional redistricting map Tuesday because it doesn’t eliminate a “racially gerrymandered” Black district in North Florida.

Orlando Sentinel

Take Back the Vote

We spoke with her about her career, the threat against voting rights in Texas, and the power of the law to protect access to the ballot.

Texas Observer

US Supreme Court to Decide Copyright Fight over Warhol’s Prince Paintings

In a case that could help clarify when and how artists can make use of the work of others, the US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide a copyright dispute between a photographer and Andy Warhol's estate over Warhol's 1984 paintings of rock star Prince. The justices took up…

Asharq Al-Awsat

6 senators tried to steal KJB's joy

A gang of right-wing senators devolved the Supreme Court proceedings into an abject and pusillanimous circus

Salon

Louisiana court: Protest leader can be sued for cop's injury

Louisiana's Supreme Court says a police officer injured when violence broke out over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge in 2016 has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against a protest organizer

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U.S. Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin state legislative maps

The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision on March 23 adopting Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) state house and senate redistricting maps and remanded the case for further proceedings. The Supreme Court found that the Wisconsin Supreme Court erred in its analysis of precedent on how the U.S.…

The Independent UK

Everything we know about Ginni Thomas’s election fraud texts to Mark Meadows

Wife of Supreme Court justice implored ex-Trump chief of staff: ‘Help This Great President stand firm, Mark!!!... The majority knows Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History’

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The latest with school board elections this cycle

Welcome to the Friday, March 25, Brew.

Salon

Another SCOTUS attack on voting rights

The court's "shadow docket" ruling is "unprecedented," "extraordinary" and "unnecessary," liberal justices say

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Jackson’s Supreme Court hearings focused a lot on child porn, thanks to Sen. Josh Hawley

WASHINGTON — By late afternoon on the third day of her U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing, it appeared Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson had had enough.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin governor asks for swift action on redistricting

Wisconsin's Democratic governor is telling the state Supreme Court that it should allow him to submit additional evidence defending his legislative district boundary map that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected

The Conversation

Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime featured during Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearings

U.S. Sen. James Eastland posed a question to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Thurgood Marshall during his August 1967 confirmation hearings.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma could become first state to ban nearly all abortions: ‘Reckless cruelty is the point’

Advocates warn legislation could strand thousands of people in the region seeking abortion care, while a new Texas law forces women to travel outside the state

Salon

Progressives speak up for Judge Jackson

Advocacy groups and other progressives call for a quick Supreme Court confirmation of the nominated judge

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: The Supreme Court needs Ketanji Brown Jackson’s experience

Some Republican senators argue that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s experience as a public defender shows that she is “soft on crime.” Those ridiculous assertions, certain to be repeated at her confirmation hearings this week, are tantamount to arguing that defending a person accused (rightly or wrongly) of a…

France 24

Biden Supreme Court pick Jackson fends off Republican barbs on second day of hearings

US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record of sentencing in child pornography cases and advocacy for terror suspects as she was grilled Tuesday in her bid to be the first Black woman on the country’s highest judicial bench.

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