Spirit of Excellence honorees strive for diversity and inclusion
Pamela Enslen, the chair of the Spirit of Excellence Awards Committee (top left), congratulates this year’s honorees during the ABA Virtual Midyear Meeting. Clockwise from top center, they are Lori Lightfoot, Barbara Creel, Román Hernández, John Yang and Sherrilyn Ifill.
Barbara Creel. Román Hernández. Sherrilyn Ifill. Lori Lightfoot. John Yang.
“These outstanding lawyers are the embodiment of excellence in our profession,” ABA President Patricia Lee Refo said after reading the names of the recipients of this year’s Spirit of Excellence Awards at a virtual ceremony Thursday. “They stand with other giants in the law, and we are impossibly grateful for their many contributions to our profession and service to our communities.”
Fearing Trump in 2024, Will Democrats Pursue the 14th Amendment?
Commentary
With the Senate’s recent vote to acquit President Donald Trump, it’s worth reminding ourselves that an impeachment is, as author and historian Victor Davis Hansen describes, an “indictment process” and that the Senate is where the “trial” is actually held.
It’s also worth noting that a Senate trial should never have been held in the first place, as Trump had already left office and was, by this time, a private citizen. This fact had already been acknowledged by John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, who refused to preside over the Senate hearings.