Hatchett, Joseph W

House G.O.P., Banding Together, Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge

WASHINGTON — In a bitterly divided Congress, it was a rare measure that had been expected to sail through without a fight. A bill to name a federal courthouse in Tallahassee after Justice Joseph W. Hatchett, the first Black man to serve on the Florida Supreme Court — sponsored by the state’s two Republican senators […]