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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 19 issued two opinions related to the Black Lives Matter movement — one dismissing a claim that a Missouri police department had a policy of breaking up anti-police demonstrations, and another resurrecting a suit by a Missouri officer fired for sharing a satirical video criticizing the […]
The Honorable John Michael Guidry, a lifelong resident of East Baton Rouge Parish, will be sworn in as the 15th Chief Judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal at an investiture ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at 2 p.m. The ceremony will take place at the courthouse located at 1600 N. Third […]
Senate Confirms First Black Woman Judge to Serve on 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals | Shine My Crown ✕ VIEW […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Magistrate Judge Dana M. Douglas of New Orleans was confirmed Tuesday as the first Black female judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. Senate voted 65-31 to confirm Douglas, who is the niece of Warren Woodfork Sr., the first Black superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department. […]
Senate confirms 5th Circuit judicial nominee Dana Douglas Biden has appointed 11 Black women to federal appeals courts (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the first Black female judge to ever serve on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, giving Democratic President Joe . . .
While abolitionists fought to end slavery and this could be called a freedom movement, when the end of slavery came, freed-people built a massive movement to define, legislate, and enjoy a multifaceted vision of freedom, some of which has been left to us to realize. We know of many freedom movements today but was the ground […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has existed for 131 years but has never included a Black man from Tennessee — until now. According to The Memphis Commercial Appeal, Andre Mathis — who was raised in South Memphis — will be the second Black Tennessean to serve on the circuit court and […]
The world is getting a view of Colorado through two documentaries now touring the film festival circuit. Julian Rubinstein’s feature-length documentary, The Holly, following a book by the same name, recently won the audience choice award for documentaries at Telluride’s Mountainfilm Festival over Memorial Day weekend. Rubinstein, a 53-year old University of Denver visiting journalism […]
One publicly mourned the “moral tragedy of abortion”. Another suggested that same-sex marriage “imperils civic peace”. A third tweeted negatively about Hillary Clinton using the hashtags #CrookedHillary, #basketofdeplorables and #Scandalabra. James Ho, Stuart Kyle Duncan and Cory Wilson are among six judges appointed by former president Donald Trump to the US court of appeals for […]