Vanita Gupta will face attacks from Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Two decades ago, a former rodeo cowboy went undercover in Tulia, Texas. He targeted dozens of Black residents and accused them of selling small amounts of cocaine. He lied on the stand. Some defendants received sentences of decades in prison on his word alone.
The Lone Star State’s attorney general named the former rodeo cowboy as lawman of the year. But not long after, a young attorney weeks into her job at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund flew down to Texas, where she launched a campaign to fight for the defendants’ freedom and eventually secured a multimillion-dollar settlement.
NEW YORK â With the nomination of Indian American cabinet nominee Neera Tanden deadlocked, the focus is now on Vanita Gupta, who is soon to face the Senate for confirmation as the third highest-ranking official in the Justice Department.
Conservatives are split on Gupta, an Indian American civil rights lawyer, with two groups fighting it out with TV ads â one rallying against attacks on her by another.
President Joe Biden has nominated Gupta to be the associate attorney-general and the Senate is to take up her confirmation on March 9.
The first salvo came from the Judicial Crisis Network with an ad campaign accusing her of being soft on crime.
Conservatives clash on Indian-American Associate AG nominee
By Arul Louis
New York– With the nomination of the Indian-American cabinet nominee, Neera Tandon, deadlocked, the focus is now on Vanita Gupta, who is soon to face the Senate for confirmation as the third highest-ranking official in the Justice Department.
Conservatives are split on Gupta, a civil rights lawyer, with two groups fighting it out with TV ads one rallying against attacks on her by another.
President Joe Biden has nominated Gupta to be the associate attorney-general and the Senate is take up her confirmation – a requirement for senior administration positions – on March 9.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A group of senators including Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has proposed a law it said would make certain first responders get full retirement benefits if they're injured on the job. Collins is working on the proposal with Democratic Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. The group said the First Responders Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act, or the RETIRE.
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