The United States Senate proceeded with the confirmation hearing process for federal judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday, October 12, 2020 after President Trump nominated her to fill the vacant seat left by late liberal icon, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Read MoreThe Judicial branch has been the most revered, and most often forgotten about, part of the American government. Before the 70s, judges were voted in almost unanimously, simple rubber stamps to whoever the president was. These types of judges were mere checks on the rest of the federal government, preventing it from expanding its power too much.
Read MoreSeptember 18, we lost a powerful human being. We lost a champion of women’s rights. A cancer survivor. A Supreme Court justice. A changemaker. A trailblazer. A trendsetter. A mother. Her name was Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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