July 31, 2025
Biden accuses Trump of trying to "dismantle the Constitution"
Former president warns Black legal leaders that constitutional democracy is under attack
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Biden delivered a 22-minute speech at the National Bar Association's 100th annual convention gala in Chicago on July 31, 2025.
He accused the Trump administration of "doing its best to dismantle the Constitution" with help from a compliant Congress and Supreme Court.
Biden warned "these are dark days" and called the current moment "existential" for marginalized communities.
The speech broke 150 years of tradition where former presidents avoid publicly attacking their successors.
Biden appointed more Black women federal judges than all previous presidents combined, including Justice 
Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Biden disclosed in May 2025 he was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Rep. 
Jasmine Crockett attended the gala.
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True or false: President Joe Biden nominated and saw confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to serve on the Court.
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In his July 31, 2025 speech to the National Bar Association's 100th Annual Awards Gala in Chicago, what did former President Joe Biden accuse the Trump administration of attempting to do to justice and the Constitution?
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Did President Biden emphasize in his July 31, 2025, National Bar Association speech that judicial diversity gains made during his administration could be reversed under a second Trump administration?
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At which event and in which city did former President Joe Biden deliver his July 31, 2025 speech warning of "dark days" and criticizing the Trump administration"s rollbacks of justice and civil rights?
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What judicial accomplishment did Biden highlight in his speech?
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Joe Biden
Former President of the United States
Donald Trump
President of the United States
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Supreme Court Justice
Jasmine Crockett
U.S. Representative (D-TX)
Kwame Raoul
Illinois Attorney General
John Roberts
Chief Justice of the United States