Week in Review 9/26/20 Let's Be Better

Hello, and welcome to Let’s Be Better! A podcast where we have the hard conversations about politics, minority communities, and our world at large. I’m Hannah and today is Saturday, September 26, 2020. 
This week in review we will be covering the passing of RBG and her vacant seat, Donald Trump talking about a "peaceful transition", Florida's felon voting laws and Mike Bloomberg, and updates on the Breonna Taylor case. We also have the question of the week, which is: “How are supreme court officials chosen?” Thanks for joining me.

Question of the Week: 00:00-10:13
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 10:14-28:36
Trump Comments: 28:36-32:25
FL Felon Voting: 32:35-39:21
Breonna Taylor Update: 39:21-41:54

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Sources for this episode:
Question of the Week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xnzGSV66x4
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/the-supreme-court-nomination-process-what-happens-next
https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/09/21/why-do-supreme-court-justices-have-lifetime-appointments/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/politics/supreme-court-nomination-process-explainer/index.html
https://www.270towin.com/2020-senate-election/

Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
https://www.biography.com/law-figure/ruth-bader-ginsburg
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/how-supreme-court-vacancies-confirmed/#close
https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/supreme-court-vacancies-in-presidential-election-years/
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1308471166919680001
https://crooked.com/podcast/rbg-and-the-fight-to-come/
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/914465644/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-life-her-most-fervent-wish-and-the-future-of-scotus
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/21/context-there-biden-rule-supreme-court-nominations/

Trump Comments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR8oIitE6mI
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54285869

FL Felon Voting:
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/916626848/florida-republicans-take-aim-at-efforts-to-pay-felons-fines-so-they-can-vote
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/florida-felon-voting-rights.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/florida-felons-voting-rights.html?searchResultPosition=18
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/us/florida-felon-voting-court-judge-ruling.html
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/rep-gaetz-calls-for-election-bribery-probe-of-bloomberg-over-pledge-to-pay-florida-felons-fines
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0104/Sections/0104.045.html
https://youtu.be/WiQ6QkDi7Hc

Breonna Taylor Updates:
https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html


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