News Roundup

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the United States Supreme Court.  Kavanaugh has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2006 and once was a clerk for Justice Kennedy.  As the New York Times reports, before serving on the D.C. Circuit Kavanaugh worked for independent counsel Kenneth Starr and later worked for President George W. Bush.  Going back further, Kavanaugh and Justice Gorsuch, also a former Kennedy clerk, went to high school together.  Keep reading for more news. Jaywalking Indictment.  WLOS reports that Christopher Hickman, the former Asheville police officer involved in the violent jaywalking stop that was captured on bodycam video, was indicted this week on several state charges arising from the incident.  As the News Roundup noted last week, Hickman will not face federal criminal civil rights charges. Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, Punk Rock.  Volunteer firefighters in Robeson County have been busy dealing with an unusual number of fires in wooded areas and abandoned structures over the past two years.  Though they tried to fight it, investigators allege that the firefighters deviated from typical firefighting and adult contemporary pop music practice in that they did, in fact, light it.  As WRAL reports, ten firefighters were arrested earlier this week and charged with arson-related offenses arising from their alleged participation in a conspiracy to intentionally set fires around the county.  Many of those charged are teenagers, one is a Department of Corrections officer, and another [...]