he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country s history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said blanche k bruise to the united states senate. that s the second time ever a black man was elected to that chamber. and you re probably wondering why or how that happened. the reason mississippi was actually able to make history like that all the way back in the 1870s was because of reconstruction. after the civil war, mississippi was forced to adopt a bunch of new laws and franchising the states n
ironic it is that your the justice says when they re nominate and they re going through the confirmation process, they say we don t like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. that s a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to at-home for joining us tonight. alex has the night off. i m filling in for her this evening. but we begin tonight with the supreme court. and his name was jerome rebels he was born in 1827 he was a minister in the amy church. he served as a chaplain for the army for the american civil war. and in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislator to the united states senate believe it or not. the firs
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remember? ppp. you know who it was designed to help the owners who lost money because of the pandemic let s be clear, at the same elected republicans, members of congress who strongly oppose getting gate hundreds of thousands of dollars themselves. republican officials say student loan relief was giving way to the privilege. you hear that loud. now the privilege. i love the concern for the privilege. wow. well, biden screen criticism and republican lawmakers and conservative jurist who stymied his original plan, they might resonate with the 16 million americans already approved for debt forgiveness. biden did not stop. they re in another part of his response to the supreme court ruling today, biden actually laid out a plan. a plan b. watch. i m announcing today a new path consistent with the to provide student debt relief to as many boroughs as possible, as quickly as possible. we will ground this new approach in my regional plan.