01/11/2022
Good morning intelligent babes, cheers to another blessed year. We are currently going through stages at BABC but we are still here.
Last but not least, say hi to “Judge Fine” who says you can’t be both right? Whether it’s her thickness, boldness or flare, justice will be served. Click link in bio to shop ✨
A judge is a public official vested with the authority to hear, determine, and preside over legal matters brought in a court of law.
Did you know? Constance Baker Motley was the first African American woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court, and the first to serve as a federal judge. Motley graduated from Columbia Law School in 1946. While studying law, she went to work for the NAACP’s legal staff, joining Robert L. Carter, who later served with Motley as a federal judge. The boss who hired Motley: future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. As a front-line lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Motley personally led the litigation that integrated the Universities of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi among others—overcoming Southern governors who literally barred the door to African American students. She opened up schools and parks to African Americans, and successfully championed the rights of minorities to protest peacefully. Motley left the NAACP in 1965. She entered New York elected politics, becoming the first African American woman in the state Senate, and the first woman elected Manhattan Borough president. President Johnson appointed her to the Southern District of New York in 1966.
On the bench, Motley continued to protect constitutional rights. In 1978, she upheld the right of a woman sports reporter to enter the locker rooms of professional sport teams, as male reporters did. (uscourts.gov)
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