Slog AM: Seattle Marks 150 Days of Protest, West Philly Rises Up After Cops Kill Walter Wallace Jr., Amy Coney Barrett Lacks Experience
by • Tuesday at 8:40 am
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett takes the bench with little experience and plenty of life left to live. Mother Jones called her the "least experienced Supreme Court nominee in 30 years." She'd never judged a case before Trump installed her as a judge in 2017, she's never done any pro bono work, she's never worked in government, and she's only worked in private practice for two years.
Trump threw a nighttime party to celebrate Barrett's confirmation: The New York Times called the event a "a virtual do-over of the superspreader event blamed for infecting multiple people with the coronavirus a month ago to the day." The President and Barrett didn't wear masks "perhaps owing to the fact that both have already had the virus."
Vox on whether will be a "nihilist:" Ian Millhiser looks into four upcoming Supreme Court cases and argues that Barrett's decisions on them will tell us "just how radical the newest justice is likely to be."
West Philly protests after cops kill Walter Wallace Jr: Witnesses told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the 27-year-old Black man was in a domestic confrontation of some kind and holding a knife, and his mother was trying to "defuse the situation.” One witness said bystanders told the cops not to shoot, but then they shot him "10 times," Wallace's father said.
After the news hit, protesters hit the streets: People looted, vandalized buildings, and confronted cops along 52nd Street, the Inquirer reports. A cop car burned, a driver in a truck reportedly hit an officer, 30 officers reported injuries, and a reporter caught "police cars speeding through crowds at frightening speeds."
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