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Headlines: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson put to the test by the US Senate

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

She was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden, during a meeting with a Democratic senator, on March 10, 2022, in Washington.

AP - Kevin Lamarque

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It is this Monday that the hearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson, appointed by Joe Biden to the Supreme Court, begins before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

If the magistrate is confirmed in this position, she will become, at 51, the first black woman to sit there.

is interested, with a lot of period photos, in the studies of Ketanji Brown Jackson at Harvard.

Even if the judge has a CV as long as the arm, it is her gender and the fact that she is black American that are at the center of the debates.

The opposition does not hesitate, moreover, to accuse him of profiting from a form of positive discrimination.

In its editorial,

dreams that her confirmation process at the Supreme Court will be an opportunity to get to know her better, “ 

 ”.

But the newspaper fears that elected Republicans will try to attack him instead to " 

 ", a few months before the midterm elections, or even that elected officials, as the

claims. , do not use these hearings to “ 

 ”: it would be, in a way, a “ 

 »

Groundless attacks?

The attacks are already starting to fall.

Senator Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader, for example, argues that Ketanji Brown Jackson demonstrates “ 

 ,” writes the

.

As for Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, he claims that Ketanji Brown Jackson has been “ 

 ”.

This attack goes too far, even for the ultraconservative

It appears " 

 " to the lawyer who signs the platform.

For him, the only " 

 " is simply to " 

 .

At the same time, one of the nine judges of the Supreme Court was hospitalized.

Clarence Thomas, 73, is being treated for an infection and given intravenous antibiotics.

He is expected to be discharged from hospital within a day or two, according to

which cites the Supreme Court's statement.

Peru: anti-Castillo demonstrations in Lima

Sunday evening, in Lima, several collectives and members of political parties took part in a march to demand the resignation of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo.

It is on the front page of the newspaper

and

.

The demonstrators, " 

 " and equipped with " 

 ", carried a large banner calling for the vacancy of power.

President Castillo fails to bring political stability to Peru.

He has already appointed – this is unheard of – 50 ministers in just eight months, as

explains in One.

" 

 ", calculates the newspaper, which wonders what " 

 ".

Haiti: 189 people rescued off the coast

Off the Haitian coast, 189 Haitians were " 

 " by US Coast Guards, says the

, citing the US Coast Guard's Twitter account.

These Haitians were on an overloaded boat, in bad weather, about " 

 ", specifies

.

The media recalls that due to insecurity and the deterioration of the socio-economic situation, more and more Haitians are trying to flee their country.

In March alone, " 

 ."

"Bye Bye Daddy

 "

In 2004, his hit "Gasolina" had become a worldwide phenomenon.

Daddy Yankee announces he is retiring

 ,” writes

.

The information is included in the front page of

 or

, in Bolivia.

The daily recalls that the artist was " 

 ".

“ 

 ,” the 45-year-old Puerto Rican explains in a

.

A retirement not without a last album, soberly titled

– it will be released on Thursday evening – and a world tour.

Kicking off in Portland, Oregon, USA in August.

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