That includes defendants who have done horrible things, because if you don’t protect everybody, you protect nobody. Josie Duffy Rice When you have been accused of a crime, it is you versus the entire government, because that is what the prosecution represents. And those include the fact that she’s a former public defender.īrittany Packnett Cunningham Public defenders of course, are appointed to represent people that cannot afford lawyers. Josie Duffy Rice She does have some career history and some personal qualities that really make her perfect for the Supreme Court. She’s also served on the DC Court of Appeals, probably the second most important court in the country after the Supreme Court. She clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, whom she’s been nominated to replace. Judge Jackson is exceptionally qualified. She went on to go to Harvard for undergrad and law school and to be the editor of the Harvard Law Review, a prestigious position held by other folks like Barack Obama and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The counselor warned her not to set her sights so high. It’s wild just knowing the history of Black female lawyers in this country that we’re on our first one, almost 300 years into our founding.īrittany Packnett Cunningham Back in high school, Judge Jackson told a guidance counselor that she wanted to go to Harvard. Josie Duffy Rice I’m thrilled to see her on the bench. Josie is a graduate of Harvard Law, a legal podcaster, and a journalist who reports on the law, prisons, and justice. So I called one of the smartest people I know: Josie Duffy Rice. I wanted to unpack this moment and do something a little different this week. She would be the first Black woman to serve on our highest court in its 232-year history. President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme court. And also six days ago, something historic happened. And the majority of Ukraine’s more than 800,000 refugees are women and children.
And Russia is now targeting civilian infrastructure in its attack on Ukraine. During the State of the Union on Tuesday, Biden got a standing ovation from Republicans as he called for funding the police. The United Nations released a new climate assessment that reports that by 2030, more than 100 million Africans will be exposed to sea level rise. It is about equality.īrittany Packnett Cunningham That’s coming up, but first it’s the news. I’ll be talking to Professor Anita Hill about her work as an author, a lawyer, and now a podcaster with her new show, “Getting Even.”Īnita Hill: I’m not getting even with anyone in the sense that it’s not about revenge. It is always time to listen to us and to ensure that collectively we take our rightful place in history because after all there is no history worth printing without us. What of all of the women who aren’t white and all the Black folks who aren’t men. This year the intersection has a little bit of a different meaning and we find ourselves honoring the nomination and potentially soon the confirmation of the first Black woman to the Supreme court.ĭoing that it’s also bittersweet because what of the Black women first, who shouldn’t have been first at all? Because the first should have been a long damn time ago. Women’s History Month will be all about white women, but we live at the intersection. Black History Month will often focus on men. In truth Black women are often left out of both of these conversations. That transition is always so fascinating to me, especially when it feels like the title of that groundbreaking Black women’s studies book: All the women are white all the men are Black But Some of Us Are Brave.
So we are in the beginning of March, which is of course the start of Women’s History Month and the end of Black History Month.
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