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Los Angeles (AFP) - The estate of Michael Jackson is closing in on a deal to sell half its interests in the megastar's music catalogue, in a deal worth up to $900 million, Variety reported. The sale, to Sony and a possible financial partner, could include a slice of the singer's publishing and recorded-music revenues, as well as Broadway show "MJ: The Musical" and as-yet-unmade biopic "Michael," the trade title said. If it goes ahead, the deal would be the biggest yet in the burgeoning music catalogue market, which has already seen some eye-popping transactions. They have included the sale of ...
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Washington (AFP) - Ketanji Brown Jackson does not have the background typical of US Supreme Court judges, and not just because she will be first Black woman ever to serve at the pinnacle of the legal profession. While many judges have made their mark as prosecutors, Jackson -- who was sworn in on Thursday -- spent two years as a federal public defender representing clients who could not afford their own lawyer. The 51-year-old -- who replaces retiring fellow Democratic appointee Stephen Breyer -- has served on the US Sentencing Commission, an independent agency addressing disparities in jail t...
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Washington (AFP) - Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrated her rise "from segregation to the Supreme Court" at a White House event Friday marking her confirmation as the first Black woman appointed to the nation's highest judicial bench. In her first public remarks since the Senate endorsed her on Thursday, the 51-year-old judge shared the credit for a milestone that was 232 years in the making, telling her supporters: "We have made it -- all of us." "In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States," she told around 150 guests invited to the ...
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Washington (AFP) - The Thursday confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court marks an undeniable success for Joe Biden, with the American president in dire need of fresh political uplift months before midterm elections. The 79-year-old Democrat has made clear he intends to thoroughly capitalize on the historic appointment, which fulfills a top campaign promise: placing a Black woman for the first time onto the nation's highest court, a nine-justice bench where America's most pressing social debates are decided. Biden hosted the highly respected judge at the White House on Febr...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States made history on Thursday as the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. The 51-year-old's appointment -- greeted with a standing ovation on the floor of the upper chamber of Congress -- means white men will not be the majority on the nation's high court for the first time in 233 years. President Joe Biden called it a "historic moment for our nation." "This milestone should have happened generations ago... but we are always trotting on a path towards a more perfect union. Nevertheless, America today...
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Washington (AFP) - US Supreme Court candidate Ketanji Brown Jackson stands on the threshold of making history this week as the first Black woman appointed to the highest judicial bench after a committee vote Monday saw her move one step closer to confirmation. Barring any unforeseen hiccups, President Joe Biden's pick to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer will break a 12-year drought for Democratic nominees being placed on the court. She will also be only the third Black justice in its history, and Democrats -- worried about Biden's low approval ratings -- are keen for a headline-making ...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court took a step closer to being confirmed Thursday after a bruising week of hearings in which Republicans attempted to discredit her record in criminal sentencing. The opposition party had signaled it wasn't up for a headline-grabbing fight over Kentanji Brown Jackson's nomination but in the end she endured almost 24 hours of sometimes brutal questioning on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel formally closed out the witness testimony portion of her confirmation with outside experts including lawyers from the American Bar A...
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Washington (AFP) - It was a week in which the US public got a courtside seat to history as President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee made her pitch to be the first Black woman ever to serve at the pinnacle of the legal profession. Ketanji Brown Jackson spent more than 20 hours being grilled by senators in Washington on her sentencing record, past statements and political views at her confirmation hearings this week. "I have dedicated my career to ensuring that the words engraved on the front of the Supreme Court building -- equal justice under law -- are a reality and not just an ideal," the...
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Washington (AFP) - US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record of sentencing in child pornography cases and advocacy for terror suspects as she was grilled Tuesday in her bid to be the first Black woman on the country's highest judicial bench. The 51-year-old Harvard graduate has been facing what is expected to be more than 18 hours of intense scrutiny in the US Senate on her judicial philosophy and career after being named by President Joe Biden to succeed a retiring fellow liberal, Justice Stephen Breyer. Fielding questions from Republicans on a variety of "culture war...
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Washington (AFP) - US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson vowed Monday to defend the "grand experiment of American democracy" as she launched a historic bid to be the first Black woman on the nation's highest judicial bench. President Joe Biden's pick made the pledge as she was formally introduced at the start of televised hearings that will go on to include two days of questioning and a final day of testimony from outside witnesses. "If I am confirmed, I commit to you that I will work productively to support and defend the Constitution and the grand experiment of American democracy t...
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