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WASHINGTON Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa A. Hammoud made history on Tuesday by becoming the first Arab American Muslim woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The case she was arguing originated in Kalamazoo in 2007 and has now made it all the way to the high court.
Every single one of the justices actually asked a question. Justice Kavanaugh was on the phone, but every single one of the justices obviously was interested, Hammoud said.
She said arguing in front of the Supreme Court was the highlight of her career.
It really is surreal. The attorney general and I both went to Wayne State Law School. We went to an urban law school and we bring all of that that here to the Supreme Court and to the Capitol and to Washington D.C. with us. And this is whats so wonderful about our experience, Hammoud said. I know that my family is here, came to surprise me -- my husband, my children, my father, my colleagues are here.
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/10/05/michigan-solicitor-general-becomes-first-arab-american-muslim-woman-to-argue-before-us-supreme-court/
hlthe2b
(102,247 posts)KALAMAZOO, Mich. A man convicted of murder in Kalamazoo more than a decade ago could walk free as his case is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday.
Ervine Davenport admitted to strangling and killing Annette White in 2007. He was shackled during the trial, but the court didn't record the reason why.
Murder: Kalamazoo murder conviction set aside; Ervine Davenport was shackled at trial
Courts have determined that visibly shackling defendants could sway jurors.
Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud argued in the high court Tuesday that the violation of Davenports rights was a harmless error.
hlthe2b
(102,247 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,277 posts)Just an observation.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)that crossed my mind too.
UnderThisLaw
(318 posts)Apparently, Clarence Thomas also had an impressive achievement by actually asking a question