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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
April 4, 2022
Republicans and Democrats are still clashing over Judge Jackson’s nomination despite almost certain confirmation.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown
March 24, 2022
As the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson ends, Black women reflect on potential history for generations to…
March 21, 2022
Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson begin March 21, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. ET and conclude Thursday,…
Kristen Clarke x theGrio.com
May 13, 2021
Kristen Clarke, poised to make history as the first Black woman to lead the DOJ Civil Rights Division, faces opposition…
February 2, 2021
"A one-day hearing," Sen. Graham wrote, "as you are proposing the day before the impeachment trial of a former president…
November 24, 2020
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday she will step down from her role as the top Democrat on the Senate…
October 15, 2020
The Senate Judiciary Committee set Oct. 22 for its vote to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court…
Brett Kavanaugh AP thegrio.com
October 5, 2018
A divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle setting up a likely final showdown…
Brett Kavanaugh thegrio.com
September 28, 2018
The Senate Judiciary Committee, in a vote of 11 to 10, confirmed the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme…
Brett Kavanaugh AP thegrio.com
September 28, 2018
Senate Republicans are plowing forward with a committee vote Friday on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to Supreme Court after an…
Kavanaugh thegrio.com AP
September 28, 2018
Throughout their riveting, nationally televised testimony on Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh served as Exhibits A and B…
Anita Hill AP thegrio.com
September 27, 2018
Anita Hill said Wednesday her pivotal 1991 Senate testimony about sexual harassment by a Supreme Court nominee sparked a wave…
Cory Booker thegrio.com
September 6, 2018
Sen. Cory Booker could face serious repercussions in the name of releasing a racially heated document linked to Judge Brett…
January 10, 2018
Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris are now on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The appointments by the Democrats mark the…
July 31, 2017
Financier Bill Browder was set to give a very important testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, only very few people…
January 29, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Senators weigh Loretta Lynch’s nomination to be America’s top law enforcement official for a second day
October 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Florida Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that made some changes to the state's controversial 'Stand Your…
August 21, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC - President Barack Obama today officially endorsed Newark Mayor Cory Booker for the United States Senate, praising Booker's…
March 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate bill preventing a federal shutdown would make four long-standing gun protections permanent, including one…
March 12, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats gave a boost Tuesday to the pillar of President Barack Obama's plans for reducing gun violence,…