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Headline: Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to US Supreme Court
U.S. President Joe Biden and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson attend the Senate vote confirming his Supreme Court nomination, April 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
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“
America's History
in Motion ,”
USA Today
headlines , above a smiling photo of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
"
A supreme story
" for
El Diario
.
The
New York Times
, which speaks of a “
key moment
”, has chosen a very official snapshot of the judge, concentrated, perhaps pensive, in front of the task which awaits her.
In its editorial, the
Los Angeles Times
gives an idea of the seismic shock represented by the arrival of an African-American on the Supreme Court: “
Could the Reverend Martin Luther King, who the night before his assassination told the public that he had gone to the top of the mountain and seen the promised land, could he himself have imagined such a day ?
»
In
USA Today
, African-American journalist Eileen Rivers points out that it was black men who were the face of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and white women who were the face of the feminist movement - eclipsing the African-Americans. Americans.
But "
we persevered
", says Eileen Rivers, "
and Jackson will once again show the world the power of perseverance in black women".
The
New York Times
has just met African-American law students at Harvard University - where Ketanji Brown Jackson studied.
Among them, Maria K. Watson “
thanks her for all the difficult stages she has gone through, all the work she is doing to make the passage free – or at least a little freer – for those who will come after her
”.
A court with a still conservative majority
The American press notes that, even if this appointment remains historic, the Court remains very conservative.
President Joe Biden had made it clear that he wanted a Court that looked more like the United States, recalls the
Washington Post
, but "
for the moment, this appointment will not have an impact on a Court full to bursting with conservatives, caught in a political battle more intense than ever
".
And this, writes the
New York Times
, even if the Court is supposed to be collegial and Ketanji Brown Jackson has a reputation for always aiming for consensus.
So of course, "
she's not going to change anyone's opinion on abortion or weapons
"
,
says in the
Boston Globe
Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the law school at the University of Berkeley, "
but she is the first in the history of the Court to have been a lawyer, the first black woman, and that can really influence others
”.
State of emergency on the roads of Peru
In Peru, the government of Pedro Castillo has declared a state of emergency on all the country's highways to overcome the barricades that have been blocking them for several days.
This state of emergency must last thirty days, notes
La Republica
.
The police, according to the newspaper, indicated that "
the constitutional rights of freedom of movement and assembly will be suspended, but without specifying which sections of the 26,000 kilometers of road are affected
".
Meanwhile, reports
Diario Correo
, Parliament passed a motion asking President Pedro Castillo to resign, denouncing “
an inability to differentiate right from wrong
”.
Statements by Prime Minister Anibal Torres certainly did not help matters, since
Expreso
recalls , “
he felt that the country had to make the same 'efforts and sacrifices'
” as Nazi Germany “
to be a world power
”.
Reactions from the German Embassy, in
La Republica
: “
Hitler can in no way serve as a reference
”.
And in
Peru 21
, the Israeli embassy insists: “
death diets cannot be taken as signs of progress
”.
Anibal Torres returned to his remarks, explaining that he had been misunderstood.
And this Thursday, if he did not reject a resignation, it was that of President Castillo, reports
La Republica
.
According to
Peru 21
, with a negative opinion of 76%, the president is the one “
who, in 20 years, has lost the support of the citizens the fastest
”.
Argentinian pianist Miguel Angel Estrella dies
“
Death
in France of the great pianist
Miguel Angel Estrella
, former ambassador to Unesco
”, headlines
La Nacion
.
He was 85 years old.
Miguel Angel Estrella "
lived a passionate existence, in which art and politics came
together ", writes
La Gaceta
- Tucuman's newspaper today reserves a very special place for the pianist, originally from this region in the north-west of Argentina.
And recalls that “
the 1976 coup forced him into exile.
He then sought refuge in Uruguay, where the military arrested and tortured him
”.
The refuge, he will finally find it in Paris.
La Nacion
recalls its tireless fight for human rights, with, among other things, the creation of the Orchestra for Peace.
“
The elders of the tribe are leaving us, in an incessant, painful, and evidently, inevitable flight,
” wrote in his editorial
La Gaceta
.
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