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Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retiree
Read full article: Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retireeUntil 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.
Fed nominee Michael Barr calls inflation 'far too high'
Read full article: Fed nominee Michael Barr calls inflation 'far too high'President Joe Bidenโs pick to be the Federal Reserveโs top banking regulator pledged Thursday to help reduce high inflation and provide clear rules to govern financial innovation.
Cheers for Jackson, who declares, 'We've made it, all of us'
Read full article: Cheers for Jackson, who declares, 'We've made it, all of us'Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.
Breyer mum as some liberals urge him to quit Supreme Court
Read full article: Breyer mum as some liberals urge him to quit Supreme CourtFILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON โ Forgive progressives who aren't looking forward to the sequel of their personal โNightmare on First Street," a Supreme Court succession story. Other liberal voices have said Breyer should retire when the court finishes its work for the term, usually by early summer. Among the names being circulated are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs. Breyer's departure wouldn't do anything to change the conservatives' 6-3 edge on the Supreme Court.
How it happened: From law professor to high court in 4 years
Read full article: How it happened: From law professor to high court in 4 yearsWithin weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. First among them was the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Scalia, but they also dug deeper. Months later, in the fall of 2017, Trump set about updating his list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court. Trump and McGahn set about elevating Barrett's profile for the next opening on the high court โ- with Trump telling some aides he was โsavingโ her for Ginsburg's seat. โI am truly humbled by the prospect of serving on the Supreme Court,โ she said.
Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialized as the Notorious RBG
Read full article: Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialized as the Notorious RBGThe Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)WASHINGTON โ Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. Ginsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington at 87, the court said. Late in her court tenure, she became a social media icon, the Notorious RBG, a name coined by a law student who admired Ginsburgโs dissent in a case cutting back on a key civil rights law. Her mother, Celia Bader, died of cancer the night before Ginsburg, then 17, was to graduate from high school.