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Leaders urge historic DOJ confirmation of Kristen Clarke against GOP opposition Exclusive: Clarke would become the first Black woman to lead the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke delivers remarks after being nominated to be civil rights division assistant attorney general by President-elect Joe Biden at The Queen theater January 07, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Kristen Clarke is poised to make history as the first Black woman to lead the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division but not before her nomination gets past political opposition from Senate Republicans. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is expected on Thursday to vote on Clarke’s nomination and send its recommendation to the U.S. Senate for a full vote. Judging by the lines of questioning from Republican members of the committee during Clarke’s hearing last month, her nomination could end up falling along party lines ....
Republicans attempt to paint Biden DOJ nominees of color as radical Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) declared that the attacks on Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke were essentially part of a smear campaign.” Vanita Gupta and President Joe Biden nominated Gupta and Clarke, who comes with extensive credentials, for top-ranking positions at the Department of Justice. Gupta, who is Indiana American, previously served under President Barack Obama as the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division. She is being considered for Associate Attorney General. Clarke, a well-known civil rights attorney, started her career in the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ and was a federal prosecutor. She is nominated for Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. ....
DOJ to drop racial discrimination suit against Yale According to the lawsuit, the Ivy League illegally discriminated against Asian American and white students in admissions. Yale University Law School is shown on the day the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee was holding hearings for testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford on September 27, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut. Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images) ....
Editor’s note: Civil rights attorney “I think that 2021, it is a year of hope,” Clarke told theGrio in an exclusive interview. Clarke, a longtime champion of civil rights, is President Joe Biden‘s pick to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and, if confirmed, would be the first Black woman in history to serve in the role. Lani Guinier was the first Black woman to be nominated to the post by former President Bill Clinton in 1993. However, Clinton withdrew the nomination following a campaign against Guinier fueled by conservatives who painted her as radical. ....