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GoLocalProv | Melissa Long: 20 Who Made a Difference in 2020

Melissa Long is the first person of color to serve on the RI Supreme Court
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947 it only has taken another 73 years to break the color barrier on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Now, Superior Court Judge Melissa Long who has served on the court since 2017, will make her way to the Supreme Court the last judge named.
Long earned her bachelor s degree from the University of Virginia. She later received her J.D. from George Mason University. Long was deputy secretary of state for the Rhode Island Secretary of State at the time of her appointment. She previously worked as senior legal counsel for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation. ....

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Raimondo's R.I. Supreme Court nominees win House approval

PROVIDENCE The first openings in a decade on the Rhode Island Supreme Court gave members of the House of Representatives a chance on Wednesday to approve two newcomers to the court.
The House approved Gov. Gina Raimondo s nomination of Erin Lynch Prata, a powerful six-term state Senator, on a 58-to-5 vote, despite arguments the appointment violates the state s 1992 revolving-door ban against leaps directly from the State House to the courts.
Until her resignation last week, Lynch Prata chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The lawmakers unanimously approved Raimondo s nomination of the first Black person, Superior Court Judge Melissa Long, to the Supreme Court, a nomination that was hailed by Long s backers as important and historic in the context of civil-rights tensions roiling Rhode Island and the nation. ....

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“All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.’’
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Anglo-Irish playwright and critic

“To me Newport could never be a place charming by reason of its own charm. That it is a very pleasant place when it is full of people, and the people are in spirits and happy, I do not doubt. But then the visitors would bring, as far as I am concerned, the pleasantness with them.’’
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), English novelist and civil servant.

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RI Republicans: Judge Long should have stepped down from Maxx Fitness case

RI Republicans: Judge Long should have stepped down from Maxx Fitness case
Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal
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Rhode Island Republicans are faulting state Supreme Court nominee and Superior Court Judge Melissa Long for not stepping aside from hearing a case challenging Gov. Gina Raimondo’s authority to close gyms and other establishments as COVID cases surge.
Last Friday, Long ruled in Raimondo’s favor in granting a temporary restraining order closing Maxx Fitness Clubzz, which had defied the governor’s order halting workouts at gyms during the state s two-week “pause.” (The pause has since been extended an additional week.) ....

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Meet RI's electors; winter on Prudence Island

Meet RI s electors; winter on Prudence Island
Michael McDermott, The Providence Journal
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Good afternoon and welcome to This Just In. I m Mike McDermott, managing editor of The Providence Journal, wrapping up my 39th week of working from home. It s been a busy week, and I needed to get to bed at a decent time last night, so I think what the Patriots did was really a service.
Rhode Island s four electors are set to meet Monday to cast the state s Electoral College votes for
Joe Biden. It s normally an event steeped in pomp and ceremony, but of course there will be far less of that this year. Still, we figured you might want to know who the electors are and what exactly they ll be doing on Monday, so here you go. ....

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