Biden picks state court judge for Massachusetts federal bench
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated May 13, 2021, 9:16 a.m.
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Judge Angel Kelley enters the courtroom in Attleboro District Court in 2011.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/FILE
President Biden has nominated state Superior Court Judge Angel Kelley to serve on the federal bench in Massachusetts, a pick Senator Elizabeth Warren called a âterrific additionâ to the US judiciary.
In a statement Wednesday, the White House said Biden had tapped Kelley, a former clinical instructor at Harvard Law School, to serve on the federal district court, which holds sessions in Boston, Springfield, and Worcester.
If confirmed, Kelley would become the second African American woman judge and the second Asian American judge to serve on the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, the White House said.
President Biden has announced his intent to nominate three new Court of Appeals nominees and three new District Court nominees, who will bring deep credentials and qualifications to the federal bench, as well as career-long devotion to our Constitution and the rule of law. These individuals embody President Biden’s commitment to ensure that his judicial nominees represent not only the excellence but the diversity of our nation with respect to both personal and professional backgrounds.
Many of them are groundbreaking choices, including:
the second judge of Hispanic origin to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the second judge from Puerto Rico ever to sit on the First Circuit;
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Waterfront development in Massachusetts has a new problem. In particular, projects that rely on a municipality’s approved municipal harbor plan and a corresponding building height exemption from what the Massachusetts waterfront development law otherwise requires will likely be blocked, at least for now. The impact is not limited to Boston, as municipal harbor plans reach deep into waterfront zoning and development statewide.
In the latest step attempting to resolve two separate actions involving a dispute over a proposed development on the City of Boston waterfront, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge recently held that the Commonwealth’s municipal harbor plan regulatory scheme was irreconcilable with the Commonwealth’s “Chapter 91” statute, which controls and dictates all development activity in and around tidelands of the Commonwealth. The Court explained that it could find no discernable wiggle room in Chapter 91’s provisions f
Report on how Springfield Diocese can better respond to sexual abuse in final stages
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
Daniel A. Ford, a retired Superior Court Judge, is chairman of the 10-member Task Force on the Response to Sexual Abuse within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield. (Don Treeger | The Republican file photo)
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SPRINGFIELD An independent report on how the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield can better address sexual abuse claims, improve transparency and protect the vulnerable is expected to be released next month.
The report is being prepared for Bishop William D. Byrne by the Independent Task Force on the Response to Sexual Abuse, according to Carolee McGrath, diocesan media relations manager. It will include recommendations from Stop It Now!, an outside agency hired by the diocese to gather feedback from survivors on how their allegations could have been better handled.