OnPolitics: AAPI legal groups set their sight on SCOTUS

May 30, 2021
Hawaii

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It’s Mabinty, with today’s news.

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AAPI groups look to the Supreme Court to make history

As lawmakers quietly brace for a battle over the next opening on the Supreme Court, some in the Asian American legal community are already looking ahead to the vacancy after that – and what may be the next opportunity to make history.

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Republicans worry it will be used as a weapon against them in the 2022 election.

To overcome a potential GOP filibuster of legislation creating the commission, Democrats would need at least 10 Republicans to join them in limiting debate on the measure. But opinion is divided even among the seven Republicans who voted to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting the insurrection.

Meanwhile, the mother of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died a day after the Capitol riot, is seeking meetings with senators to push for the creation of a commission to study the attack.

“Not having a January 6 Commission to look into exactly what occurred is a slap in the faces of all the officers who did their jobs that day,” said Gladys Sicknick, who urged lawmakers to visit her son’s grave at Arlington National Cemetery.

Hope you eat something sweet today —Mabinty

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