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California Lawyers Association (CLA) strongly condemns Wednesday s violent occupation of the United States Capitol during the constitutional process of certifying the Electoral College victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. A commitment to the rule of law, civility, and fairness in the administration of justice is at the heart of CLA s mission. Just as elected officials swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, upon admission to practice, all California lawyers take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California.
After Democrats flip Senate, VT s Patrick Leahy becomes 3rd in line for the presidency Austin Danforth, Burlington Free Press
Vermont s longest-serving U.S. Senator, Patrick Leahy, once again assumed the role of the chamber s president pro tempore on Wednesday.
The position, traditionally held by the senior-most member of the majority party, places the 80-year-old third in the presidential line of succession after the vice president and the speaker of the House.
It is one of the ripple effects of Georgia s dual Senate runoff elections earlier this month, the results of which sent Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to Washington, D.C. Their victories forge a 50-50 split with Republicans to be broken by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Indian American Sabrina Singh named White House Deputy Press Secy Saturday, January 9, 2021 IWK Bureau
Indian American Sabrina Singh, a long time aide to US Vice President elect Kamala Harris, has been named White House Deputy Press Secretary in the incoming administration, according to a statement released Friday by the Biden-Harris transition team.
Singh was earlier a senior spokesperson on the Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign and National Press Secretary for Cory Booker s presidential campaign.
In roles prior to that, she served as Deputy Communications Director for the Democratic National Committee, Spokesperson for American Bridge s Trump War Room and Regional Communications Director on Hillary Clinton s 2016 presidential campaign. She has also worked at SKDKnickerbocker, served as Communications Director for Rep. Jan Schakowsky and worked at various Democratic committees.
Washington DC: President-elect Joe Biden is planning to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general, according to several media reports quoting unnamed sources close to him.
The reports on Wednesday also said that he will name Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge, as the attorney general.
Gupta had served as the principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department in former President Barack Obama’s administration when Biden was the Vice President.
She gained fame when straight out of law school she won the release of 38 people, most of them African Americans, who had been wrongly convicted on drug charges in a Texas town by all-White juries. She also got them $6 million on compensation.
FOLLOW OUR LIVE COVERAGE BELOW Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump have descended on the Capitol building in Washington, clashing with police who appear to be heavily outnumbered. The protesters tore down security fencing and appeared to be intent on occupying the building.
BREAKING: Trump supporters have breached the Capitol building, tearing down 4 layers of security fencing and are attempting to occupy the building fighting federal police who are overrun
This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Thousands, police can’t stop them pic.twitter.com/VVdTUwV5YN ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) January 6, 2021 The protestors stormed the barricades surrounding the US Capitol building. Police used pepper spray during Wednesday s historic joint session of Congress which was convened to certify the election victory of Democrat Joe Biden.