If she is confirmed by the U.S. Senate and becomes the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, and if her judicial track record so far is any guide, Ketanji Brown Jackson will probably be a reliable member of the high court's three-member liberal bloc.
Jackson previously clerked at the Supreme Court for Breyer, who sings her praises.
In an experience not typical for Supreme Court justices, Jackson worked for two years as a public defender, reports Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog.
Jackson is now a judge on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which has served as a kind of farm team for the high court.
The current Supreme Court justices to come from that court are Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, and Brett Kavanaugh, Ballotpedia reports.
Biden nominated Jackson to the D.C. appellate court on April 19, 2021, and the U.S. Senate confirmed her the following June 14 on a 53-44 vote.
Soon after arriving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Jackson ruled in favor of government employee unions who were fighting a Trump-era regulation that gave government agencies a freer hand to make changes in the workplace.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's Supreme Court Nominee?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment