Update: Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism of Donald Trump’s argument that presidents enjoy broad immunity, but they wrestled with which certain official acts could be shielded from prosecution and which would not.
There were some suggestions of sending the case base to lower courts to decide, on an individual basis, which of the charges against Trump could be deemed as private acts and subject to criminal liability. That is a prospect that could lead to further delay in Trump’s election conspiracy case, perhaps until after the 2024 election.
A number of the justices expressed concerns that their decision in the case would impact future presidents after they leave office and the extent to which they could be subject to criminal prosecution. Justice Samuel Alito hypothesized about political rivals being prosecuted and “a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country.”
Justice John Roberts in particular seemed to find troubles...
There were some suggestions of sending the case base to lower courts to decide, on an individual basis, which of the charges against Trump could be deemed as private acts and subject to criminal liability. That is a prospect that could lead to further delay in Trump’s election conspiracy case, perhaps until after the 2024 election.
A number of the justices expressed concerns that their decision in the case would impact future presidents after they leave office and the extent to which they could be subject to criminal prosecution. Justice Samuel Alito hypothesized about political rivals being prosecuted and “a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country.”
Justice John Roberts in particular seemed to find troubles...
- 4/25/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
As Donald Trump sat through another day of damning testimony in his criminal hush-money trial, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in his bid to establish widespread presidential immunity from criminal prosecution over “official” acts committed in office.
The case before the Supreme Court stems from Trump’s ongoing efforts to delay or dismiss the Justice Department’s case against him over his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riot. The court’s decision will have profound implications on the criminal indictments currently on the former president’s rap sheet.
The case before the Supreme Court stems from Trump’s ongoing efforts to delay or dismiss the Justice Department’s case against him over his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riot. The court’s decision will have profound implications on the criminal indictments currently on the former president’s rap sheet.
- 4/25/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
In physics, the three-body problem is ugly. When you have one or two objects exerting gravity on a body, it moves in a predictable pattern. Add a third and its chaos.
In 2024, the three-body problem in media is that every piece of art has a creator, a consumer and politics. So when Netflix’s sci-fi series 3 Body Problem debuted on March 21, anti-woke crusaders such as VCs Marc Andreessen and Andrew Chen only made it one scene in before posting that it was a cri de coeur to end the far-left agenda. Two days after the show dropped, Chen, a Vc at a16z, posted on X, “The opening scene just punches you in the face. Irl cancel culture driven by high school and college students. Science and academia becoming politicized. Tearing down the past. Etc.” A day later, his boss Andreessen posted similar thoughts.
The scene they’re referring...
In 2024, the three-body problem in media is that every piece of art has a creator, a consumer and politics. So when Netflix’s sci-fi series 3 Body Problem debuted on March 21, anti-woke crusaders such as VCs Marc Andreessen and Andrew Chen only made it one scene in before posting that it was a cri de coeur to end the far-left agenda. Two days after the show dropped, Chen, a Vc at a16z, posted on X, “The opening scene just punches you in the face. Irl cancel culture driven by high school and college students. Science and academia becoming politicized. Tearing down the past. Etc.” A day later, his boss Andreessen posted similar thoughts.
The scene they’re referring...
- 4/5/2024
- by Joel Stein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 21-year-old gun rights activist who was acquitted for fatally shooting two people and injuring another at racial justice protests in 2020, faced intense backlash when he gave a speech at the University of Memphis on Wednesday.
Rittenhouse’s appearance at a campus event organized by the university’s chapter of Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization, ignited widespread student protests. Despite the outcry, the university stated that it was legally obligated to allow Rittenhouse to speak due to the First Amendment and Tennessee’s Campus Free Speech Act.
At the event, Rittenhouse discussed the importance of the Second Amendment and criticized the Black Lives Matter movement. Students expressed their opposition to his presence and highlighted concerns about gun violence in the community and his promotion of what they perceived as racist views. Videos shared online captured students booing, walking out, challenging Rittenhouse’s statements and questioning information...
Rittenhouse’s appearance at a campus event organized by the university’s chapter of Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization, ignited widespread student protests. Despite the outcry, the university stated that it was legally obligated to allow Rittenhouse to speak due to the First Amendment and Tennessee’s Campus Free Speech Act.
At the event, Rittenhouse discussed the importance of the Second Amendment and criticized the Black Lives Matter movement. Students expressed their opposition to his presence and highlighted concerns about gun violence in the community and his promotion of what they perceived as racist views. Videos shared online captured students booing, walking out, challenging Rittenhouse’s statements and questioning information...
- 3/23/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
A few years back, an interview with a former Supreme Court justice might not have seemed like a great get for a late-night show, but my how the times-they-have-a-changed.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert just announced that former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will sit down for an interview with Colbert next Monday.
With all eyes on the court as it’s set to consider former President Trump’s argument that presidents should be protected from federal prosecution with absolute immunity, Breyer is in a unique position to lend insight.
Bryer served on the court alongside five of its current justices until his retirement in 2022. His replacement, Ketanji Brown Jackson, was one of his former clerks.
It won’t be Bryer’s first time on The Late Show. He visited with Colbert in 2015 while he was still on the bench.
The 85 year-old Bryer is emerging as an outspoken critic of the current court.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert just announced that former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will sit down for an interview with Colbert next Monday.
With all eyes on the court as it’s set to consider former President Trump’s argument that presidents should be protected from federal prosecution with absolute immunity, Breyer is in a unique position to lend insight.
Bryer served on the court alongside five of its current justices until his retirement in 2022. His replacement, Ketanji Brown Jackson, was one of his former clerks.
It won’t be Bryer’s first time on The Late Show. He visited with Colbert in 2015 while he was still on the bench.
The 85 year-old Bryer is emerging as an outspoken critic of the current court.
- 3/21/2024
- by Jed Rosenzweig
- LateNighter
When a bunch of all-stars get together to record a song for a cause, the result can often be cringey. But “Tennessee Rise,” featuring the pulpit-ready voices of Brittany Howard, Allison Russell, Katie Pruitt, Amanda Shires, Fancy Hagood, Emmylou Harris, and more, hits all the marks.
The heavenly choir anthem was recorded to encourage Tennesseans to register and vote for Gloria Johnson, who is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. senator — and the state’s Darth Vader — Marsha Blackburn in the November election. Johnson is one of the lawmakers known as “The Tennessee Three,...
The heavenly choir anthem was recorded to encourage Tennesseans to register and vote for Gloria Johnson, who is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. senator — and the state’s Darth Vader — Marsha Blackburn in the November election. Johnson is one of the lawmakers known as “The Tennessee Three,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states could not remove Donald Trump from their ballots using the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause.
However, the Supreme Court justices were divided about how broadly this decision would end up sweeping. A five-to-four majority wrote that no state could exclude a federal candidate from any ballot – but four justices argued that the court should have kept its opinion limited.
A five-justice majority – Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – wrote that states cannot remove any federal officer from the ballot, especially the president, unless Congress first passes legislation.
“We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” these justices said.
“Nothing in the Constitution delegates to the States any...
However, the Supreme Court justices were divided about how broadly this decision would end up sweeping. A five-to-four majority wrote that no state could exclude a federal candidate from any ballot – but four justices argued that the court should have kept its opinion limited.
A five-justice majority – Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – wrote that states cannot remove any federal officer from the ballot, especially the president, unless Congress first passes legislation.
“We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” these justices said.
“Nothing in the Constitution delegates to the States any...
- 3/6/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
The Supreme Court has ruled that states cannot unilaterally implement the Constitution’s 14th Amendment anti-rebellion clause to bar individuals from appearing on state ballots. The decision benefits one person specifically this election cycle: Donald Trump.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court overturned a ruling by Colorado’s Supreme Court authorizing Trump’s removal from the state’s 2024 primary election ballot on grounds that the former president had committed acts of rebellion and insurrection in the aftermath of his 2020 election loss and through his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court overturned a ruling by Colorado’s Supreme Court authorizing Trump’s removal from the state’s 2024 primary election ballot on grounds that the former president had committed acts of rebellion and insurrection in the aftermath of his 2020 election loss and through his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
- 3/4/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump cannot be removed from state ballots in the 2024 election, despite a clause in the Constitution that restricts those who have engaged in an insurrection from holding office, the Supreme Court ruled today.
In a 9-0 decision, the justices ruled that it was up to Congress, and not the states, to make such a determination.
Read the Supreme Court opinion on Trump ballot access.
The decision had been expected, after justices were skeptical of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that removed the former president from the ballot. Other states, however, had reached alternate conclusions that kept Trump on their ballots.
Some legal scholars had held that Trump could be removed from the ballot following his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and his conduct on January 6, 2021, when he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol. There, rioters stormed House and Senate chambers as lawmakers were...
In a 9-0 decision, the justices ruled that it was up to Congress, and not the states, to make such a determination.
Read the Supreme Court opinion on Trump ballot access.
The decision had been expected, after justices were skeptical of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that removed the former president from the ballot. Other states, however, had reached alternate conclusions that kept Trump on their ballots.
Some legal scholars had held that Trump could be removed from the ballot following his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and his conduct on January 6, 2021, when he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol. There, rioters stormed House and Senate chambers as lawmakers were...
- 3/4/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Supreme Court justices have been grappling all morning on the question of whether social media platforms are neutral gatekeepers, or whether their content moderation practices count as expressive activity protected by the First Amendment.
The justices raised a series of questions over the broadness of the Florida law, which restricts the content moderation practices of tech platforms. Some of the justices were skeptical of the law when it came to content decisions, but also wondered whether why it should not apply to the activity of Etsy or Uber.
Paul Clement, attorney representing the industry group NetChoice, offered the court a prediction of what will happen if the Florida law were allowed to stand.
“What some of these companies might do is say, ‘Let’s just do puppy dogs in Florida,'” Clement said, suggesting that platforms would default to featuring only non-controversial content “so no one can say we are not being consistent.
The justices raised a series of questions over the broadness of the Florida law, which restricts the content moderation practices of tech platforms. Some of the justices were skeptical of the law when it came to content decisions, but also wondered whether why it should not apply to the activity of Etsy or Uber.
Paul Clement, attorney representing the industry group NetChoice, offered the court a prediction of what will happen if the Florida law were allowed to stand.
“What some of these companies might do is say, ‘Let’s just do puppy dogs in Florida,'” Clement said, suggesting that platforms would default to featuring only non-controversial content “so no one can say we are not being consistent.
- 2/26/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Donald Trump said that he “thought that our arguments” were very strong before the Supreme Court, as he held a press conference shortly after oral arguments ended.
He called it a “beautiful process,” clearly pleased with legal analysts’ predictions that the justices were likely to rule in his favor on the question of whether Colorado could exclude him from the state ballot.
The major cable news networks carried the speech, but CNN and MSNBC broke away as he veered into campaign rhetoric.
“I am leaving it up to the Supreme Court,” Trump said.
Previously: As the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Donald Trump can be kept off the state ballot, there were signs that the justices have skepticism about such a move.
Justice Elena Kagan told Jason Murray, attorney for the group of voters challenging Trump’s eligibility, “Most boldly, I think the question you have to confront...
He called it a “beautiful process,” clearly pleased with legal analysts’ predictions that the justices were likely to rule in his favor on the question of whether Colorado could exclude him from the state ballot.
The major cable news networks carried the speech, but CNN and MSNBC broke away as he veered into campaign rhetoric.
“I am leaving it up to the Supreme Court,” Trump said.
Previously: As the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Donald Trump can be kept off the state ballot, there were signs that the justices have skepticism about such a move.
Justice Elena Kagan told Jason Murray, attorney for the group of voters challenging Trump’s eligibility, “Most boldly, I think the question you have to confront...
- 2/8/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Many of us probably think we know how racist anti-Black ideas started or think racism was always part of the human condition. Director Roger Ross Williams challenges these notions with his adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi’s book “Stamped From the Beginning.” Relying on testimony from Black female scholars and Kendi’s research, the helmer starts by posing a provocative question: “What is wrong with Black people?” By the end of the film, Williams unsparingly topples the sanctimoniousness inherent in thinking the answer is simple or clear. Even if it is.
True to its title, “Stamped From the Beginning” seeks to explain the origin of anti-Blackness. According to activist Angela Davis, one of the esteemed talking heads who give the film its credibility: “It’s not about the color of one’s skin or the grade of one’s hair. It’s about slavery.” That is how Europeans justified the...
True to its title, “Stamped From the Beginning” seeks to explain the origin of anti-Blackness. According to activist Angela Davis, one of the esteemed talking heads who give the film its credibility: “It’s not about the color of one’s skin or the grade of one’s hair. It’s about slavery.” That is how Europeans justified the...
- 11/13/2023
- by Murtada Elfadl
- Variety Film + TV
Scholastic, the children’s book publisher, will no longer separate titles that deal with race, gender, and sexuality at book fairs, according to The New York Times. The company, which runs more than 120,000 book fairs in elementary schools a year, had controversially started listing 64 such books in a catalog titled “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” earlier this month as a reaction to new state laws that restricted the types of books children could access. It would be up to participating schools to choose to include titles from the “Share...
- 10/25/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. Given the intense focus during her final years on whether she was wrong to stay in the Senate when it appeared she was no longer able to do the job, it’s easy to forget what a forward-thinking trailblazer she was. In the 1970s, she became the first female mayor of San Francisco after an anti-gay extremist killed Mayor George Moscone and fellow city supervisor Harvey Milk. After serving two terms as mayor, she became the first female senator from California and...
- 9/29/2023
- by David S. Cohen
- Rollingstone.com
From the progressive decisions of the 1950s heralded by Chief Justice Earl Warren to the historic confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and forward ahead to last year’s effective reversal of Roe v. Wade, the new Showtime docu-series “Deadlocked: How America Shaped The Supreme Court” will detail just exactly how we got here. The timely four-part doc on the Paramount+ with Showtime plan this Friday, Sept. 22, airing later on Showtime at 8 p.m. Et. You can watch with a subscription to Paramount Plus.
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- 9/22/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Michael Imperioli blastd the Supreme Court’s decision to side in favor of a Christian web designer’s right to refuse to create websites that celebrate same-sex weddings.
Imperioli took his opinion onto Instagram stating, “I’ve decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching The Sopranos, The White Lotus, Goodfellas or any movie or tv show I’ve been in. Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don’t agree with and am opposed to. USA! USA!”
He additionally included a picture of a headline that reads, “Supreme Court protects web designer who won’t do gay wedding websites.”
Fans had mixed reactions to his post. One said, “It’s her beliefs, bet you wouldn’t challenge a Muslim on their beliefs and take on homosexuality would you.”
Others agreed with his opinion, commenting, “Preach @realmichaelimperioli Thanks for this. Totally agree with this.
Imperioli took his opinion onto Instagram stating, “I’ve decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching The Sopranos, The White Lotus, Goodfellas or any movie or tv show I’ve been in. Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don’t agree with and am opposed to. USA! USA!”
He additionally included a picture of a headline that reads, “Supreme Court protects web designer who won’t do gay wedding websites.”
Fans had mixed reactions to his post. One said, “It’s her beliefs, bet you wouldn’t challenge a Muslim on their beliefs and take on homosexuality would you.”
Others agreed with his opinion, commenting, “Preach @realmichaelimperioli Thanks for this. Totally agree with this.
- 7/7/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Michael Imperioli took to social media to share a statement following the Supreme Court decision to side with a Colorado web designer who does not want to create wedding sites for same-sex couples due to religious reasons.
“I’ve decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching The Sopranos, The White Lotus, Goodfellas or any movie or tv show I’ve been in,” the actor wrote in an Instagram caption of a photo of a news story announcing the court’s decision.
He continued, “Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don’t agree with and am opposed to. USA ! USA!” Imperioli also commented on his post, writing, “hate and ignorance is not a legitimate point of view,” and “America is becoming dumber by the minute.”
The court ruled 6-3 in favor of designer Lorie Smith, explaining that she can refuse to design...
“I’ve decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching The Sopranos, The White Lotus, Goodfellas or any movie or tv show I’ve been in,” the actor wrote in an Instagram caption of a photo of a news story announcing the court’s decision.
He continued, “Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don’t agree with and am opposed to. USA ! USA!” Imperioli also commented on his post, writing, “hate and ignorance is not a legitimate point of view,” and “America is becoming dumber by the minute.”
The court ruled 6-3 in favor of designer Lorie Smith, explaining that she can refuse to design...
- 7/2/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a week of decisions that struck down affirmative action at universities, ruled against President Biden’s college debt cancellation and loosened protections for LGBTQ persons, the Supreme Court has drawn the ire of many – including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who says the Court “has not been receiving adequate oversight.”
Appearing on CNN on Sunday, Aoc called attention to the controversies concerning Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas and said a subpoena for Chief Justice Roberts isn’t out of the question.
“We have a senate judiciary committee that is beginning the process of investigating the entanglements and conflicts of interest. Just one to two weeks before the student loan ruling, the country learned that Justice Samuel Alito was accepting gifts from billionaires who were lobbying before the Supreme Court against student loan forgiveness,” she said. “I believe that if Chief Justice Roberts will not come before Congress for an investigation voluntarily,...
Appearing on CNN on Sunday, Aoc called attention to the controversies concerning Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas and said a subpoena for Chief Justice Roberts isn’t out of the question.
“We have a senate judiciary committee that is beginning the process of investigating the entanglements and conflicts of interest. Just one to two weeks before the student loan ruling, the country learned that Justice Samuel Alito was accepting gifts from billionaires who were lobbying before the Supreme Court against student loan forgiveness,” she said. “I believe that if Chief Justice Roberts will not come before Congress for an investigation voluntarily,...
- 7/2/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
This week, the Supreme Court declared affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, killed Biden’s student debt relief plan, and permitted a graphic designer in Colorado to refuse service to same-sex couples. Of course, twice-indicted former president Donald Trump wasted no time in taking credit for it all during his speech at a summit for Moms for Liberty — a right-wing, anti-government group — on Friday.
“Many presidents never get the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice. I had three. They are gold,” he boasted to the crowd gathered in Philadelphia that night,...
“Many presidents never get the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice. I had three. They are gold,” he boasted to the crowd gathered in Philadelphia that night,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The Supreme Court ended its latest term in devastating fashion, ruling that businesses can discriminate against gay Americans before striking down President Biden’s plan for relieve student debt relief for an estimated 43 million Americans. The rulings came a day after the conservative court deemed race-base affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional.
The court’s three liberal justices — Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan — delivered scathing dissenting opinions, calling out their “let them eat cake” colleagues for taking a hatchet to the longstanding measures to protect and uplift marginalized Americans.
The court’s three liberal justices — Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan — delivered scathing dissenting opinions, calling out their “let them eat cake” colleagues for taking a hatchet to the longstanding measures to protect and uplift marginalized Americans.
- 6/30/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The year she graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Mary Tobin was part of the largest cohort of black women in the school’s history, to that point. There were about 25, out of more than 1,000 students.
“West Point sucks for everybody,” Tobin says. But her experience had its own challenges. Among other indignities, she was taunted by a classmate who told her she was only admitted because of affirmative action; other classmates, she recalls, hung a Confederate flag for her to find the day she was in charge for room inspection.
“West Point sucks for everybody,” Tobin says. But her experience had its own challenges. Among other indignities, she was taunted by a classmate who told her she was only admitted because of affirmative action; other classmates, she recalls, hung a Confederate flag for her to find the day she was in charge for room inspection.
- 6/30/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina were unconstitutional. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-n.Y.), a former public school teacher and principal, calls the decision “infuriating, exhausting, and another body blow to our continued fight for justice and equality in America.”
“The Supreme Court just upheld white supremacy,” Bowman says.
The ruling was 6-3, with every Republican-appointed justice voting to reject affirmative action. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote separate dissents, with the former writing “the devastating impact...
“The Supreme Court just upheld white supremacy,” Bowman says.
The ruling was 6-3, with every Republican-appointed justice voting to reject affirmative action. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote separate dissents, with the former writing “the devastating impact...
- 6/29/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that race-based affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional. The decision is a crippling blow to higher-learning institutions looking to combat systemic racism and cultivate a diverse student body.
Michelle Obama released a powerful response in which she recounted her own experience as a Black student at a prestigious university. “It wasn’t perfect, but there’s no doubt that it helped offer new ladders of opportunity for those who, throughout our history, have too often been denied a chance to show how fast they can climb,...
Michelle Obama released a powerful response in which she recounted her own experience as a Black student at a prestigious university. “It wasn’t perfect, but there’s no doubt that it helped offer new ladders of opportunity for those who, throughout our history, have too often been denied a chance to show how fast they can climb,...
- 6/29/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Universities can no longer consider race in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled today. The ruling was expected, on 6-3 ideological lines, and it will forever change access to higher education in America. Like it or not, “affirmative action” was extraordinarily effective — in its first year at Harvard, admissions of Black students rose 51 percent, and diversity on college campuses has increased in every decade from the 1980s to the 2020s.
And now, it’s over.
What happens next? In many ways, the answer to that question is based on what...
And now, it’s over.
What happens next? In many ways, the answer to that question is based on what...
- 6/29/2023
- by Jay Michaelson
- Rollingstone.com
The Supreme Court has deemed race-based affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional.
The court’s conservative majority ruled on Thursday that universities cannot consider an applicants’ race when deciding whether to admit them. The decision means higher-learning institutions will have to overhaul efforts to cultivate a diverse student body.
The court’s three liberal justices dissented. Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the court, called out her conservative colleagues in a scathing dissent. “With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat,...
The court’s conservative majority ruled on Thursday that universities cannot consider an applicants’ race when deciding whether to admit them. The decision means higher-learning institutions will have to overhaul efforts to cultivate a diverse student body.
The court’s three liberal justices dissented. Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the court, called out her conservative colleagues in a scathing dissent. “With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat,...
- 6/29/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
The court’s conservative majority overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.
Chief Justice John Roberts said that for too long universities have “concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.”
Justice Clarence Thomas, the nation’s second Black justice who had long called for an end to affirmative action, wrote separately that the decision “sees the universities’ admissions policies for what they are: rudderless, race-based preferences designed to ensure a particular racial mix in their entering classes.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent that...
The court’s conservative majority overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.
Chief Justice John Roberts said that for too long universities have “concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.”
Justice Clarence Thomas, the nation’s second Black justice who had long called for an end to affirmative action, wrote separately that the decision “sees the universities’ admissions policies for what they are: rudderless, race-based preferences designed to ensure a particular racial mix in their entering classes.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent that...
- 6/29/2023
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a decade of steadily chipping away at the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court actually upheld a piece of the landmark civil rights legislation on Thursday, ruling that Alabama had diluted the power of Black voters in the state.
The case concerned Alabama’s new congressional district map, which was drawn after the 2020 census — and actually wasn’t much different than the map it had throughout the 2010s. The state was split into seven districts, six of which were majority white and reliably voted for Republican representatives, while the...
The case concerned Alabama’s new congressional district map, which was drawn after the 2020 census — and actually wasn’t much different than the map it had throughout the 2010s. The state was split into seven districts, six of which were majority white and reliably voted for Republican representatives, while the...
- 6/8/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Peter Nicks’ Anthem and Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough’s The Body Politic are among the non-fiction highlights in this year’s DC/Dox documentary film festival in Washington, D.C. next month.
The event also will include the world premieres of Nick Capote’s Between Life & Death: Terri Schiavo’s Story, from MSNBC Films, and an episode of Dawn Porter’s Showtime series Supreme.
The full slate — read it here — includes 31 features and 21 shorts from eight countries. The event, to be held from June 15-18, also will feature the opening night event screening of Joan Baez I Am A Noise, with Baez scheduled to attend, and closing night Space Race, with astronauts Ed Dwight and Leland Melvin.
The festival launched last year after the AFI announced that it would merge AFI Docs, which had long been held in the D.C. area in June, into its annual AFI Film Festival, held in November in Los Angeles.
The event also will include the world premieres of Nick Capote’s Between Life & Death: Terri Schiavo’s Story, from MSNBC Films, and an episode of Dawn Porter’s Showtime series Supreme.
The full slate — read it here — includes 31 features and 21 shorts from eight countries. The event, to be held from June 15-18, also will feature the opening night event screening of Joan Baez I Am A Noise, with Baez scheduled to attend, and closing night Space Race, with astronauts Ed Dwight and Leland Melvin.
The festival launched last year after the AFI announced that it would merge AFI Docs, which had long been held in the D.C. area in June, into its annual AFI Film Festival, held in November in Los Angeles.
- 5/15/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America will picket Boston University’s 2023 commencement after the university confirmed Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav will remain as this year’s commencement speaker.
The guild announced Thursday its formal plans to picket Boston University’s All-Student Commencement Exercises at Nickerson Field on May 21, after a spokesperson for Bu told The Hollywood Reporter that “there is no change in the university’s plans” to feature the Wbd president at the graduation ceremony despite criticisms amid the writers strike from the guild, local Dsa, labor and Bu student groups. The work stoppage kicked off after the writers guild and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to reach an agreement for a new contract on May 1.
Boston University first announced Zaslav as commencement speaker on May 4, alongside a list of this year’s honorary degree recipients, which includes Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The...
The guild announced Thursday its formal plans to picket Boston University’s All-Student Commencement Exercises at Nickerson Field on May 21, after a spokesperson for Bu told The Hollywood Reporter that “there is no change in the university’s plans” to feature the Wbd president at the graduation ceremony despite criticisms amid the writers strike from the guild, local Dsa, labor and Bu student groups. The work stoppage kicked off after the writers guild and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to reach an agreement for a new contract on May 1.
Boston University first announced Zaslav as commencement speaker on May 4, alongside a list of this year’s honorary degree recipients, which includes Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The...
- 5/11/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joe Biden is back for another round. The president has put doubts to rest, and declared himself a candidate for reelection in 2024.
Biden made the announcement in a video address released early Tuesday morning, exactly four years after he announced his 2020 campaign.
“Around the country, Maga extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms,” he warned as images of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump, and Ron DeSantis quickly flashed across the screen. “Cutting Social Security you’ve paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the wealthy.
Biden made the announcement in a video address released early Tuesday morning, exactly four years after he announced his 2020 campaign.
“Around the country, Maga extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms,” he warned as images of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump, and Ron DeSantis quickly flashed across the screen. “Cutting Social Security you’ve paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the wealthy.
- 4/25/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Even though Ego Nwodim joined “Saturday Night Live” in 2018, in many ways, this current 2022-23 season is her breakthrough year. In fact, I’d go so far as to say she deserves her first-ever Emmy nomination for Best Comedy Supporting Actress. And it’s all thanks to steak.
The sketch in question, “Lisa from Temecula,” aired February 4 with first-time host Pedro Pascal. Nwodim plays the titular woman who shocks her sister’s friends at dinner with her obsession over “extra, extra well-done” steak. “I’m about to tear this thing up,” Lisa declares when she starts cutting into the blackened piece of meat. Soon the entire table is shaking under the force of her knife and fork, and the cast members all completely break character, “Debbie Downer”-style. Watch the sketch below.
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Our fingers are crossed that Lisa becomes one of Nwodim’s recurring “SNL” characters,...
The sketch in question, “Lisa from Temecula,” aired February 4 with first-time host Pedro Pascal. Nwodim plays the titular woman who shocks her sister’s friends at dinner with her obsession over “extra, extra well-done” steak. “I’m about to tear this thing up,” Lisa declares when she starts cutting into the blackened piece of meat. Soon the entire table is shaking under the force of her knife and fork, and the cast members all completely break character, “Debbie Downer”-style. Watch the sketch below.
See‘SNL’: 35 athletes who hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’
Our fingers are crossed that Lisa becomes one of Nwodim’s recurring “SNL” characters,...
- 4/1/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
President Biden held an event celebrating Black History Month on Monday, and Seth Meyers is pretty sure the president name-dropped his former boss more than a few times.
During his “Late Night” monologue on Tuesday, Meyers poked fun at the event, which was held at the White House. “Also being held at the White House, everyone’s breath,” Meyers joked.
Indeed, Biden did make a few comments that raised some eyebrows at the event, including when he said, “I may be a white boy, but I’m not stupid.” While that remark earned laughter in the moment, it naturally brought some backlash to Biden online.
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But, Meyers is pretty sure that Biden highlighted one thing more than any others during the event.
“Man, how many...
During his “Late Night” monologue on Tuesday, Meyers poked fun at the event, which was held at the White House. “Also being held at the White House, everyone’s breath,” Meyers joked.
Indeed, Biden did make a few comments that raised some eyebrows at the event, including when he said, “I may be a white boy, but I’m not stupid.” While that remark earned laughter in the moment, it naturally brought some backlash to Biden online.
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But, Meyers is pretty sure that Biden highlighted one thing more than any others during the event.
“Man, how many...
- 3/1/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
The U.S. Supreme Court, hearing a case that could reshape the internet, considered on Tuesday whether Google bears liability for user-generated content when its algorithms recommend videos to users.
In the case, Gonzalez vs, Google, the family of a terrorist attack victim contends that YouTube violated the federal Anti-Terrorism Act because its algorithm recommended Isis videos to users, helping to spread their message. Nohemi Gonzalez was an American student killed in a 2015 Isis attack in Paris, and his family’s lawsuit challenges the broad legal immunity that tech platforms enjoy for third party content posted on their sites.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996, protects platforms from legal action over user-generated content, and it also protects them if they choose to remove content. Section 230 has withstood court challenges for the past three decades even as the internet exploded.
The attorney for Gonzalez’s family claimed that YouTube...
In the case, Gonzalez vs, Google, the family of a terrorist attack victim contends that YouTube violated the federal Anti-Terrorism Act because its algorithm recommended Isis videos to users, helping to spread their message. Nohemi Gonzalez was an American student killed in a 2015 Isis attack in Paris, and his family’s lawsuit challenges the broad legal immunity that tech platforms enjoy for third party content posted on their sites.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996, protects platforms from legal action over user-generated content, and it also protects them if they choose to remove content. Section 230 has withstood court challenges for the past three decades even as the internet exploded.
The attorney for Gonzalez’s family claimed that YouTube...
- 2/21/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield will leave the White House at the end of this month and will be succeeded by Ben Labolt, a veteran of the Barack Obama presidential campaigns.
Bedingfield led President Joe Biden’s communications team since the start of his presidential campaign in 2019, and then joined the administration at its start as communications director. She had planned to depart last summer, but then changed her plans and stayed on through the midterms. Bedingfield also served as Biden’s communications director when he was vice president, after serving as spokesperson for the Motion Picture Association of America.
Labolt led communications for the White House on the Supreme Court confirmation process for Ketanji Brown Jackson. He was senior national spokesperson for the Obama-Biden presidential campaign in 2008 and national press secretary for the campaign in 2012. He currently leads a San Francisco-based communications and marketing agency, Bully Pulpit Interactive.
Bedingfield led President Joe Biden’s communications team since the start of his presidential campaign in 2019, and then joined the administration at its start as communications director. She had planned to depart last summer, but then changed her plans and stayed on through the midterms. Bedingfield also served as Biden’s communications director when he was vice president, after serving as spokesperson for the Motion Picture Association of America.
Labolt led communications for the White House on the Supreme Court confirmation process for Ketanji Brown Jackson. He was senior national spokesperson for the Obama-Biden presidential campaign in 2008 and national press secretary for the campaign in 2012. He currently leads a San Francisco-based communications and marketing agency, Bully Pulpit Interactive.
- 2/10/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
As Black History Month runs throughout February, television will celebrate Black voices, icons and stories across entertainment, politics, sports and more.
Throughout February, audiences will be able to keep up with Hulu’s year-long initiative in spotlighting Black stories and storytellers on the platform’s “Black Stories Always” hub. In addition to new series and season premieres, from “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” to “The 1619 Project,” the platform will continue to stream new episodes of “Abbott Elementary” and “Grown-ish,” and feature classic titles from Black storytellers including “Living Single” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
BET will honor Black History Month with a programming schedule that features new unscripted series, including “Black Icons — Past, Present, Future” and “America In Black” as well as the 54th NAACP Image Awards telecast on Feb. 25.
Read a full list of programming to look out for this Black History Month below. (More titles will be added throughout the month.
Throughout February, audiences will be able to keep up with Hulu’s year-long initiative in spotlighting Black stories and storytellers on the platform’s “Black Stories Always” hub. In addition to new series and season premieres, from “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” to “The 1619 Project,” the platform will continue to stream new episodes of “Abbott Elementary” and “Grown-ish,” and feature classic titles from Black storytellers including “Living Single” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
BET will honor Black History Month with a programming schedule that features new unscripted series, including “Black Icons — Past, Present, Future” and “America In Black” as well as the 54th NAACP Image Awards telecast on Feb. 25.
Read a full list of programming to look out for this Black History Month below. (More titles will be added throughout the month.
- 2/3/2023
- by Charna Flam and Julia MacCary
- Variety Film + TV
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The Hollywood Reporter‘s Women in Entertainment event, presented by Lifetime, returned to the Fairmont Century Plaza on Wednesday for the annual celebration of Hollywood’s leading ladies.
This year, the star-studded event — which coincided with the publication of THR’s annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 — honored Charlize Theron with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, highlighting a woman who is a pioneer in her field. Issa Rae was also recognized with the Equity in Entertainment Award, given to an individual who amplifies the voices of underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry.
Ahead of the ceremony, A-listers mixed and mingled, as Margot Robbie walked the red carpet, Theron fangirled over RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela, Jamie Lee Curtis posed with Jennifer Grey, and Jurnee Smollett, Addison Rae and Heidi Klum waited their turn in the photo line. Connie Britton, Geena Davis and Diane Warren also made appearances,...
The Hollywood Reporter‘s Women in Entertainment event, presented by Lifetime, returned to the Fairmont Century Plaza on Wednesday for the annual celebration of Hollywood’s leading ladies.
This year, the star-studded event — which coincided with the publication of THR’s annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 — honored Charlize Theron with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, highlighting a woman who is a pioneer in her field. Issa Rae was also recognized with the Equity in Entertainment Award, given to an individual who amplifies the voices of underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry.
Ahead of the ceremony, A-listers mixed and mingled, as Margot Robbie walked the red carpet, Theron fangirled over RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela, Jamie Lee Curtis posed with Jennifer Grey, and Jurnee Smollett, Addison Rae and Heidi Klum waited their turn in the photo line. Connie Britton, Geena Davis and Diane Warren also made appearances,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Chelsea Handler encouraged women of every age to support and celebrate the successes of fellow women as their own while opening The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment gala, presented by Lifetime, on Wednesday.
After beginning with a warm welcome to event’s attendees at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, the comedian and TV host launched began her speech — equal parts sentimental and acerbic — with a joke about former senate candidate Mehmet Oz, who she noted “has a ton of free time now.”
Later in her speech, Handler would also mention the 2022 midterm election turnout, which saw several pieces of legislation pass in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
“Recently, women dominated the polls in the midterm elections, showing up with one of the biggest voter turnouts to date — fighting for control of our own bodies,” Handler said.
Chelsea Handler encouraged women of every age to support and celebrate the successes of fellow women as their own while opening The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment gala, presented by Lifetime, on Wednesday.
After beginning with a warm welcome to event’s attendees at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, the comedian and TV host launched began her speech — equal parts sentimental and acerbic — with a joke about former senate candidate Mehmet Oz, who she noted “has a ton of free time now.”
Later in her speech, Handler would also mention the 2022 midterm election turnout, which saw several pieces of legislation pass in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
“Recently, women dominated the polls in the midterm elections, showing up with one of the biggest voter turnouts to date — fighting for control of our own bodies,” Handler said.
- 12/7/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following his so-far unsuccessful attempt to lure Donald Trump back to Twitter, Elon Musk has opened the social media platform up to another once-banned far-right favorite: Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Greene’s personal account was reinstated Monday, Nov. 21, one day after Trump’s account was reinstated. Greene was suspended back in January for repeatedly violating the site’s Covid-19 misinformation policy at the time. The last straw came when she tweeted an image of a graph that used uncorroborated data to suggest that the covid vaccine was causing widespread death amongst recipients.
Greene’s personal account was reinstated Monday, Nov. 21, one day after Trump’s account was reinstated. Greene was suspended back in January for repeatedly violating the site’s Covid-19 misinformation policy at the time. The last straw came when she tweeted an image of a graph that used uncorroborated data to suggest that the covid vaccine was causing widespread death amongst recipients.
- 11/21/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has endorsed Carl Paladino, a far-right Republican running to represent New York’s 23rd District in the House of Representatives, and who hired a convicted sex offender to work on his campaign. “Carl is the America First, pro-Trump candidate in the race,” Greene wrote in a statement.
I am honored to have the endorsement of America First warrior @RepMTG. No one is standing up to Joe Biden’s radical agenda better than her. I look forward to working with her to stop Joe Biden and push pro-Trump policies in Congress.
I am honored to have the endorsement of America First warrior @RepMTG. No one is standing up to Joe Biden’s radical agenda better than her. I look forward to working with her to stop Joe Biden and push pro-Trump policies in Congress.
- 8/22/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
When wrestler Mack Beggs stepped onto the mat to compete during his days as a high schooler in Texas, he not only faced the opponent in front of him, but often a raft of adversaries in the stands. They booed him and hurled invectives.
“I do think people hate me,” Mack says in the Emmy-nominated documentary Changing the Game. The reason? “There was a huge uproar and controversy with me being trans.”
Beggs found himself twisted into knots — not by another wrestler, but by a state imposing restrictions and regulations on the activities of trans athletes. Beggs wanted to compete against boys, but Texas refused and would only allow him to wrestle girls. When he did wrestle girls, crowds rained down abuse.
Beggs said he tried to tune that out and keep focused on the match.
“I was just like, why are you being malicious? I’m not going to feed into your negativity,...
“I do think people hate me,” Mack says in the Emmy-nominated documentary Changing the Game. The reason? “There was a huge uproar and controversy with me being trans.”
Beggs found himself twisted into knots — not by another wrestler, but by a state imposing restrictions and regulations on the activities of trans athletes. Beggs wanted to compete against boys, but Texas refused and would only allow him to wrestle girls. When he did wrestle girls, crowds rained down abuse.
Beggs said he tried to tune that out and keep focused on the match.
“I was just like, why are you being malicious? I’m not going to feed into your negativity,...
- 8/12/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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Ketanji Brown Jackson’s June 30 swearing-in as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court was historic and inspiring. While her ascendance just six days after the court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade struck many as ironic and dispiriting, it should also serve as a powerful reminder that in Washington, D.C., as well as in Hollywood, the battle for equity is often fought behind closed doors.
In 2018, I produced a documentary called Reversing Roe that explored the perilous state of reproductive rights in America. I first started pitching the project nearly a decade ago, inspired by Planned Parenthood’s first 100 years. I was driven not only by my desire to transition off-camera after years on cable news, but also by the disappointing coverage of reproductive policy I encountered during my years as a journalist; a Media Matters study found that male...
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s June 30 swearing-in as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court was historic and inspiring. While her ascendance just six days after the court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade struck many as ironic and dispiriting, it should also serve as a powerful reminder that in Washington, D.C., as well as in Hollywood, the battle for equity is often fought behind closed doors.
In 2018, I produced a documentary called Reversing Roe that explored the perilous state of reproductive rights in America. I first started pitching the project nearly a decade ago, inspired by Planned Parenthood’s first 100 years. I was driven not only by my desire to transition off-camera after years on cable news, but also by the disappointing coverage of reproductive policy I encountered during my years as a journalist; a Media Matters study found that male...
- 7/13/2022
- by Keli Goff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
President Joe Biden today gave a speech marking the signing of a gun safety bill passed in the aftermath of recent mass shootings.
But even as lawmakers, gun reform advocates and victims’ families gathered on the South Law ceremony said that the new legislation would be meaningful, some also said it falls short of laws that were in place in the past, like an assault weapons ban, or even a ban on purchases of those firearms for those under 21. And some said it more loudly than others.
Biden’s speech was interrupted by Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Fl shootings. Oliver could be heard shouting, “I have been trying to tell you this, for years,” and Biden then said, “Let him talk. Let him talk.” Oliver, who founded the group Change the Ref and is calling for much greater measures, was then escorted away.
In his speech,...
But even as lawmakers, gun reform advocates and victims’ families gathered on the South Law ceremony said that the new legislation would be meaningful, some also said it falls short of laws that were in place in the past, like an assault weapons ban, or even a ban on purchases of those firearms for those under 21. And some said it more loudly than others.
Biden’s speech was interrupted by Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Fl shootings. Oliver could be heard shouting, “I have been trying to tell you this, for years,” and Biden then said, “Let him talk. Let him talk.” Oliver, who founded the group Change the Ref and is calling for much greater measures, was then escorted away.
In his speech,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump was in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday night to headline a rally in support of Sarah Palin’s bid for Congress and Kelly Tshibaka’s bid to primary Lisa Murkowski, the longtime Republican senator whom the former president doesn’t feel has been sufficiently loyal. Trump attacked Murkowski relentlessly after he took the stage a little after 4:00 p.m. local time, and even bashed Alaska’s other Republican senator, Dan Sullivan, for daring to endorse her. “Murkowski is a bad person,” Trump said. “Dan Sulilvan should be ashamed of himself.
- 7/10/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on June 30, making history as the first Black woman to take a seat on the country's highest court. The 51-year-old, a former public defender and federal appeals court judge, is the sixth female and third Black justice. She replaced retiring fellow liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, her friend and mentor. Jackson assumed her post six days after the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark ruling that legalized abortion in the United States. "With a full heart, I accept the solemn responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution of the...
- 6/30/2022
- E! Online
Update, 9:55 Am: “With a full heart, I accept the solemn responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States and administering justice without fear or favor, so help me God,” said Ketanji Brown Jackson today, becoming the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
Sworn in by her immediate successor, retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, now Justice Brown’s move into the conservative dominated Scotus comes almost three months since her conformation by the Senate back in April. “On behalf of all the members of the court, I’m pleased to welcome Justice Jackson to the court and to our common calling,” said Chief Justice John Roberts after the swearing in was completed – as you can see below:
Breaking: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially sworn in as first Black female justice of the Supreme Court.
Sworn in by her immediate successor, retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, now Justice Brown’s move into the conservative dominated Scotus comes almost three months since her conformation by the Senate back in April. “On behalf of all the members of the court, I’m pleased to welcome Justice Jackson to the court and to our common calling,” said Chief Justice John Roberts after the swearing in was completed – as you can see below:
Breaking: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially sworn in as first Black female justice of the Supreme Court.
- 6/30/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place Thursday of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took effect at noon.
Moments later, joined by her family, Jackson recited the two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, is the first Black woman to serve as a justice. She joins three women, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett — the first time four women will serve together on the nine-member court.
Biden nominated Jackson in February, a month after Breyer, 83, announced he would retire at the end of the court’s term,...
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place Thursday of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took effect at noon.
Moments later, joined by her family, Jackson recited the two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, is the first Black woman to serve as a justice. She joins three women, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett — the first time four women will serve together on the nine-member court.
Biden nominated Jackson in February, a month after Breyer, 83, announced he would retire at the end of the court’s term,...
- 6/30/2022
- by Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Supreme Court has been under the lens in a major way after its landmark ruling to reverse Roe v. Wade last week.
Dawn Porter, director of documentaries including The Way I See It and John Lewis: Good Trouble, will now explore the history of the court, the justices, decisions and confirmation battles that have shaped the United States, in four-part docuseries Confirmed for Showtime.
The series is produced by Porter’s Trilogy Films and Sony Pictures Television and will air in 2023. It comes after Porter struck an overall deal with the Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman-run Industrial Media, which is now owned by Sony.
Porter will direct and exec produce with Holzman and Saidman exec producing for Sony.
From the right to privacy, to access to the ballot, and all rights protected by the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Supreme Court have the final word on...
Dawn Porter, director of documentaries including The Way I See It and John Lewis: Good Trouble, will now explore the history of the court, the justices, decisions and confirmation battles that have shaped the United States, in four-part docuseries Confirmed for Showtime.
The series is produced by Porter’s Trilogy Films and Sony Pictures Television and will air in 2023. It comes after Porter struck an overall deal with the Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman-run Industrial Media, which is now owned by Sony.
Porter will direct and exec produce with Holzman and Saidman exec producing for Sony.
From the right to privacy, to access to the ballot, and all rights protected by the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Supreme Court have the final word on...
- 6/28/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“Confirmed,” a new docuseries from Dawn Porter, that will trace the modern history of the Supreme Court, and the people, decisions and confirmation battles that have shaped the United States is headed to Showtime, the cable network announced Tuesday. The four-part series will air in early 2023.
Here’s a logline for the docuseries: “From the right to privacy, to access to the ballot, and all rights protected by the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Supreme Court have the final word on issues that shape our democracy and daily lives. The series unfolds during a profoundly consequential year, from the historic confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the fallout of an unprecedented leak from inside the Court’s chambers, and a Supreme Court, remade by former President Donald Trump, in the wake of overturning Roe v. Wade. To understand this critical moment, the series looks back at the Court in the 1950s,...
Here’s a logline for the docuseries: “From the right to privacy, to access to the ballot, and all rights protected by the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Supreme Court have the final word on issues that shape our democracy and daily lives. The series unfolds during a profoundly consequential year, from the historic confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the fallout of an unprecedented leak from inside the Court’s chambers, and a Supreme Court, remade by former President Donald Trump, in the wake of overturning Roe v. Wade. To understand this critical moment, the series looks back at the Court in the 1950s,...
- 6/28/2022
- by Brandon Katz
- The Wrap
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin shocked her fellow panelists during the June 27 episode when she said she does not believe in abortions or “any exception” to abortion, including incest. Hostin and her fellow “The View” co-hosts spent a majority of the hour discussing the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. While Hostin is pro-life, she was against the Supreme Court justices being able to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“The court is basically saying it’s time to welcome all this new life yet we can shoot them with our newly available, completely unrestricted guns. That conflict, it was sort of shocking to me,” Hostin said. “It’s unbelievable that precedent doesn’t seem to matter anymore.”
Hostin later said, “I don’t believe in abortion, at any time. I don’t believe in any exception to it.”
When co-host Sarah Haines asked, “Even incest?,” Hostin answered, “No,...
“The court is basically saying it’s time to welcome all this new life yet we can shoot them with our newly available, completely unrestricted guns. That conflict, it was sort of shocking to me,” Hostin said. “It’s unbelievable that precedent doesn’t seem to matter anymore.”
Hostin later said, “I don’t believe in abortion, at any time. I don’t believe in any exception to it.”
When co-host Sarah Haines asked, “Even incest?,” Hostin answered, “No,...
- 6/27/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Saturday Night Live has its fair share of terrible co-worker sketches, but it’ll be tough to top working with one of cinematic horror’s most famous slashers. Will host Jake Gyllenhaal survive? (Spoiler alert: Nope!)
The sketch begins with a wonderful misdirect: A group of women (Melissa Villaseñor, Chloe Fineman and Ego Nwodim) gossip in the bathroom. There’s a flush and we expect to see the target of their gossip. Instead, we get Chucky, the possessed doll from Child’s Play. It’s both silly and grotesque; Chucky’s face is a mask of scars, but he’s only about a foot tall,...
The sketch begins with a wonderful misdirect: A group of women (Melissa Villaseñor, Chloe Fineman and Ego Nwodim) gossip in the bathroom. There’s a flush and we expect to see the target of their gossip. Instead, we get Chucky, the possessed doll from Child’s Play. It’s both silly and grotesque; Chucky’s face is a mask of scars, but he’s only about a foot tall,...
- 4/10/2022
- by Robert Clarke-Chan
- TVLine.com
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