Week in Review 9/19/20

Hello, and welcome to Let’s Be Better! A podcast where we have the hard conversations about politics, minority communities, and our world at large. I’m Hannah and today is Saturday, September 26, 2020. This week in review we will be covering the passing of RBG and her vacant seat, Donald Trump talking about a "peaceful transition", Florida's felon voting laws and Mike Bloomberg, and updates on the Breonna Taylor case. We also have the question of the week, which is: “How are supreme court officials chosen?” Thanks for joining me.

Question of the Week: 00:00-10:13

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 10:14-28:36

Trump Comments: 28:36-32:25

FL Felon Voting: 32:35-39:21

Breonna Taylor Update: 39:21-41:54

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Sources for this episode:

Question of the Week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xnzGSV66x4

https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/the-supreme-court-nomination-process-what-happens-next

https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/09/21/why-do-supreme-court-justices-have-lifetime-appointments/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/politics/supreme-court-nomination-process-explainer/index.html

https://www.270towin.com/2020-senate-election/

Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

https://www.biography.com/law-figure/ruth-bader-ginsburg

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/how-supreme-court-vacancies-confirmed/#close

https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/supreme-court-vacancies-in-presidential-election-years/

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1308471166919680001

https://crooked.com/podcast/rbg-and-the-fight-to-come/

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/914465644/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-life-her-most-fervent-wish-and-the-future-of-scotus

https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/21/context-there-biden-rule-supreme-court-nominations/

Trump Comments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR8oIitE6mI

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54285869

FL Felon Voting:

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/916626848/florida-republicans-take-aim-at-efforts-to-pay-felons-fines-so-they-can-vote

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/florida-felon-voting-rights.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/florida-felons-voting-rights.html?searchResultPosition=18

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/us/florida-felon-voting-court-judge-ruling.html

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/rep-gaetz-calls-for-election-bribery-probe-of-bloomberg-over-pledge-to-pay-florida-felons-fines

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0104/Sections/0104.045.html

https://youtu.be/WiQ6QkDi7Hc

Breonna Taylor Updates:

https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html