2022-01-28: News Headlines

JBLM Cop Watch (2022-01-28). Exposing Corruption at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). indybay.org A review of the corruption, illegal surveillance, and abuse of those who oppose the years of malfeasance at JBLM.

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice (2022-01-27). Thursday 1/27: Call to Action: Ensuring a First Black Woman SCOTUS Justice Organizing Call. indybay.org Online event…

Dan Williams (2022-01-27). George Floyd's girlfriend attends trial of officers in Floyd's death. america.cgtn.com The trial of three former police officers accused of violating George Floyd's civil rights continues. Floyd's girlfriend at the time of his death, Courtney Ross, has been allowed into the court to witness the proceedings. CGTN's Dan Williams reports.

Ann Brown (2022-01-27). More Symbolism? Supreme Court Justice Breyer Announces Retirement, Black America Debates Value of Black Woman Supreme Court Justice. moguldom.com Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, has announced his retirement, leaving President Joe Biden with the task of nominating his replacement. Biden has promised to appoint a Black female judge to the country's highest court. Some wonder if such a selection is mere symbolism given that the Biden administration has yet to push through any …

Staff (2022-01-27). Stephen Breyer to Retire, Giving Biden Chance to Nominate First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice. democracynow.org Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after nearly three decades on the bench, giving President Biden a chance to fulfill a campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman in history to serve on the high court. Those worried that identity politics will hinder the most qualified candidate should consider that 108 of 115 justices since the nation's founding have been white men, says Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation. Breyer's retirement comes as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened to stall any nominations that Biden put forth later in the year. Breyer leaves "an i…

Juan Cole (2022-01-27). "No Rights which the White Man was Bound to Respect" What SCOTUS once Ruled about a Black Woman, as Biden prepares to Nominate One. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Associate Justice Stephen Breyer announced on Wednesday that he would retire this summer at the end of the present term of the Supreme Court. Biden made a campaign promise to nominate an African-American woman to the court, and Democrats expect him to follow through. Arguably, Biden would not be president …

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