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Question of the Day By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Monday, May 10, 2021
A federal circuit court reversed a judge’s decision to dismiss a juror who sought divine guidance from the Holy Spirit during deliberations and told fellow jurors he was told by the higher power that the defendant was innocent.
The 7-4 ruling from the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows for a new trial for the defendant, former Rep. Corrine Brown, a Florida Democrat who was convicted and served prison time for a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a bogus scholarship charity.
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in the morning, during the morning i interviewed and met with four potential justices of our great supreme court. they are outstanding people. they are really incredible people in so many different ways, academically and every other way and i had a very, very interesting morning. that s president trump earlier today speaking about meeting with potential supreme court nominees. robert costa of the washington post reports tonight, quote, trump met monday with four federal appeals court judges, brett m. kavanaugh, amy coney barrett, amul the thapar and raymond kethledge. others on trump s short list include federal apeay peels court judge thomas hardiman and william pryor jr. on friday, the president promised to announce his final
william pryor jr. on friday, the president promised to announce his final choice of a nominee one week from today on monday, july 9th. and if history is any guide, that means we could be headed for a final senate vote some time in september. according to the congressional research service, ever since the ford administration, the average time from a nomination to a final vote in the senate is about 67 days. here to talk about it, a nita kumar, white house correspondent for mcclatchy newspapers. and sahil kapur. welcome to both of you. thank you for being here. anita, what is your latest reporting on how this process is going? it seems like we re going fast, but we have to remember that president trump has anticipated probably having at least one other vacancy. so he s had this list of names going for, as he says, a couple of years, even before he inaugurated.