Bruce M. Selya, Federal Judge Known for Polysyllabic Prose, Dies at 90
Judge Selya enlivened his writing with original vocabulary and colorful figures of speech. “Selyaisms” included asseverate, ...
These 5 words have killed millions in grants, advanced Trump’s agenda
In the middle of a pandemic and a contentious election, not many people noticed the change in language buried inside a ...
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Jessie Hoffman is put to death with nitrogen gas, Louisiana's first execution in 15 years
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...
Louisiana death row killer Jessie Hoffman becomes state’s first nitrogen gas execution
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...
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Louisiana death row killer Jessie Hoffman becomes state’s first nitrogen gas execution
Justices Sonia Sotomayer, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Neil Gorsuch were ... A crowd of protesters, who included Hoffman’s younger sister Florence and faith leaders, gathered outside ...
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Opinion: Unlike Joshua Chamberlain, Gov. Mills chose the wrong hill to die on
Janet Mills recently chose to die on is the idea that a young biological boy who “identifies ... Given that, at her Senate confirmation hearing, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was unable ...
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These 5 words have killed millions in grants, advanced Trump’s agenda
He is worried about his younger colleagues ... In May 2018, District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson - who would later be elevated by Biden to the U.S. Supreme Court - found that HHS had ...
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Blacks in Wax Helps Build the Future, Preserve the Past
“It’s apropos that our young people learn about their history through the ... Influential figures like entertainment legend Tina Turner, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and renowned ...