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Untangling the legal ethics of lawyers and the Jan. 6 insurrection
John Eastman's involvement with the former president raises questions about confidentiality, crime and ethics. -
Formerly incarcerated people have become major voices for reforming a broken criminal justice system
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. -
Interim DA Kevin Hayden supports modifying life-without-parole sentences for some prisoners
The Suffolk County prosecutor stopped short of endorsing pending Mass. legislation. -
Ketanji Brown Jackson will bring lived experience as Black woman to Supreme Court, says BU’s law dean
“I find it to be an incredibly joyous moment,” said Angela Onwuachi-Willig of the confirmation hearings. -
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s colleague found SCOTUS confirmation hearing ‘very emotional’
She said it would be a “slap in the face” for the vice president to have to cast a tie-breaking vote for a “very qualified” and “very fair” nominee. -
How did the modern Supreme Court confirmation hearing become ‘a political showcase’? Look back to the 1980s
To be confirmed, Ketanji Brown Jackson will only need a simple majority vote, but that's a relatively new change. -
Three things to look for as the Ketanji Brown Jackson SCOTUS confirmation hearing begins
Local legal experts weigh in on what promises to be a charged process. -
WATCH LIVE: Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson continue today
GBH News will be streaming the confirmation hearings live:On GBH News onlineOn GBH 89.7FM 📻On World Channel 📺On the GBH News app 📱More about the… -
Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized with an infection, Supreme Court says
Updated March 20, 2022 at 8:28 PM ETSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, has been hospitalized with an infection since Friday and is expected to be… -
Confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson begin Monday. Here's what to expect
Confirmation hearings begin Monday for Ketanji Brown Jackson, the federal judge President Biden has picked to fill Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's…
