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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman in the nation's history to be nominated to the Supreme Court. For many Black future attorneys, her nomination has given them hope. Popular on NPR.org NPR Editors' Picks

Molinaro calling for Delgado to support changes to cashless bail in NY. POUGHKEEPSIE – New York State Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, candidate for Congress, and Dutchess County Sheriff Kirk Imperati called attention to what they say is a prime example of hypocrisy from Rep. Antonio Delgado, who Molinaro is seeking to unseat. Chairman Langworthy w...

How does the constitutional amendment process work in Vermont? Lawmakers this winter gave their final approval to a proposed Constitutional amendment, known as Proposal Five, that guarantees the “right to personal reproductive liberties.” This proposal prompted a process question from a VPR listener for one of our “Ask Bob” segments with VPR senior political reporter Bob Kinzel. Suzanne Woo...

European Parliament members attend a plenary session in Brussels [File: Francisco Seco/AP] Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of United States tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple. Meeting in Brussels on Thursday, the politicians nailed down a long list of dos and don’ts that will single out th...

A man who seemed “extremely intoxicated” was shoving people and trying to rip off their backpacks. The man, who also had a stolen vehicle, was turned over to his grandmother, according to the Kalispell Police Department. A man said he was being stalked by another man who took a picture of his vehicle. Someone received “harassing” text messages. A vehicle with knives in it was stolen, then rec...

WASHINGTON — The disclosure that Virginia Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, had sent a barrage of text messages to the Trump White House urging efforts to overturn the 2020 election brought into sharp focus the conflict of interest her political activism has created — and the lack of a clear-cut remedy. It is one thing, experts in legal ethics said on Friday, for the spouse of a Su...

Kim Kardashian reading law books. Kim Kardashian has big aspirations for her law career. “I dream of one day creating a successful law firm,” the reality star told Vogue Hong Kong in her April 2022 cover story published Friday. Kardashian, 41, said she has “never worked so hard” on anything in her life as passing the California “baby bar” exam in December 2021. “I had to be really diligent ab...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) -Clark County officials are working to push a state law to seal or clear minor marijuana offenses for Nevadans. Clark County discussed the issue at the last Board of Commissioners meeting. According to officials, mass record-sealing must be done with a change to state law. “The governor’s already pardoned everyone with a marijuana offense. So we just have to get that o...

Gov. Andy Beshear signed into law six pieces of legislation recently passed by the General Assembly and provided an update on a sub-variant of Omicron. Gov. Andy Beshear Legislation the governor has signed into law: • Senate Bill 104, which establishes in state law the Employment First Council to better serve and empower Kentuckians with disabilities and provide greater opportunities for thes...

Modoc and Tehama county's district attorney's are fighting back against a recent state parole law (KRCR) NORTHSTATE AREA, Calif. — Two District Attorneys in the Northstate are determined to fight a recent California parole law. It's called the "Elderly Parole Program," or SB-445. It originated in 2014 but became official law in January 2018. In its simplest form, SB-445 allows convicts, aged...