Today retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has passed away at 93.
Justice O’Connor was the first woman on the Court, where she served for nearly a quarter-century. Thank you, Justice O’Connor, for helping to form a path for women in the law.
I'm... I'm just really tired. Tired of hateful bigots getting everything they want. Tired of fighting, of having to defend my existence at every turn. Tired of living like this. I've never had a girlfriend or been to pride. My conservative religious family doesn't even know yet. Even if I do all of those things tomorrow, what does it change? I'll still be living in a country designed to break me while anyone could harass me. I can't even say that voting would've helped cause the people who made these decisions weren't voted by us. They didn't even care if that's not what we wanted. So much for democracy. My goal was to finish undergrad, live in other states, and then settle down by the coast. But what's the point anymore? I don't want to keep living like this, and I don't know how much I can give before I break.
Born on 29 August 1967 in Denver, Colorado, Neil McGill Gorsuch is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since April 10, 2017.
Canada's next Supreme Court justice will be Mary Moreau, a French-speaking judge from Alberta, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday.
"I am confident that her impressive judicial career and dedication to fairness and excellence will make Chief Justice Moreau an invaluable addition to our country's highest court," Trudeau said in a statement.
Her appointment keeps with the tradition that reserves at least two of the nine seats on the Supreme Court for judges from Western Canada. Trudeau has said he would maintain that tradition in replacing Brown, but that candidates must be bilingual.
I’m not surprised there are those defending Thomas and calling this a “partisan attack” and I also know they don’t care how that makes them look.
But come on, this is beyond ridiculous.
This is corruption plain and simple and I’m honestly waiting for when we find out Crow paid for Thomas’s vet bills.
I also can’t wait for Alito to do another article or interview, talking about how people’s distrust of the court is what’s really eroding our “wonderful” democracy.
This year marks the 56th anniversary of Thurgood Marshall’s confirmation as the first Black Supreme Court Justice in American history.
During Black History Month and beyond, we celebrate the legacy of Justice Marshall and other civil rights giants who worked tirelessly to make equality a reality for all. 🙌🏾