Posted on 02/25/2022 1:41:55 PM PST by bitt
From the moment President Biden promised to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been the likeliest pick. And that is who he he nominated Friday to fill retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s seat. “She cares about making sure that democracy works for the American people,” Biden said Friday as he nominated her, also saying “For too long the government and the courts have not looked like America.” Here’s what you need to know about her. She’s got a background made for a Supreme Court nominee: Jackson grew up in Miami, her mom a public teacher and her father a lawyer for the school board. One of her uncles was the city’s police chief. She was a high school debate champion, and she graduated from Harvard Law, where she was an editor on the Harvard Law Review.
She has been a federal judge for nine years, and last year Biden appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, widely seen as a waiting bench for likely Supreme Court candidates. Before that, she was a public defender and clerk for Breyer.
Jackson is married, with two daughters. She’s 51 and would be one of the younger justices. (Breyer, the oldest, is 83. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the youngest, is 50.)
She also shared Friday that she shares a birthday with the first Black woman ever appointed to the federal judiciary, Constance Baker Motley.
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She played a key role in getting her uncle out of prison: When Jackson was a public defender in D.C., she received a letter from an uncle asking for her help, The Post’s Marimow and Davis report. He had been sentenced to life in prison under a federal “three strikes” law. Jackson referred him to a high-profile law firm, which took his case pro bono. His sentence was eventually commuted by President Barack Obama, which Jackson said she took no role in, Marimow and Davis report.
Jackson briefly mentioned this Friday as Biden nominated her: “You may have read that I have one uncle who got caught up in the drug trade and received a life sentence, that is true,” Jackson said. “But law enforcement also runs in my family.” (Her uncle was chief of police for the city of Miami.)
She says she doesn’t let race influence her decisions: When asked about race in her confirmation last year, here’s what she said: “I’m doing a certain thing when I get my cases. I’m looking at the arguments, the facts and the law. I’m methodically and intentionally setting aside personal views, any other inappropriate considerations, and I would think that race would be the kind of thing that would be inappropriate to inject into my evaluation of a case.”
But Jackson has also acknowledged that being a Black woman affects how she sees the world, saying: “I’ve experienced life in perhaps a different way than some of my colleagues because of who I am, and that might be valuable — I hope it would be valuable — if I was confirmed to the court.”
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Mr. Kotter! Mr. Kotter! Oh Oh I know!
Her parents were watching Benji when they conceived her?
Also has a high rate of her decisions being overturned. But I bet she’s sassy!
What happened to diversity of law schools? Is a Harvard Law degree required for service on the Supreme Court?
“She’s got the most ethnic name, THAT’S the one!”
A Black woman with a chip on her shoulder.
She’s married to a token white.
And she looks like Paul Ryan - a family member 🤪
“She cares about making sure that democracy works for the American people,” Biden said…
Translation: The Constitution be damned.
If judges are supposed to be neutral like Roberts says...I'd say this automatically kills her nomination.
Apparently the Kamalamadingdong to SCOTUS theory didn’t work out. But they did retire Breyer, as least he’s promised to.
“A Black woman with a chip on her shoulder.”
That is not unusual.Give me a notable example of a black women with a mild genteel manner who is in the public eye.
Do she go by KeeKee?
I bet dey call her KeeKee!!
So cool . . . she also shares a birthday with Gov Ron DeSantis.
She’s a black liberal Democrat from Washington,D.C. This is all I have to know to come to the conclusion that she is racist and will make decisions based upon her prejudice towards whites and Conservative causes.
She’s no doubt qualified BUT setting the standard for selection as having to be a “black woman” only by Biden is demeaning to blacks, and women. Always pick the person that is the most intelligent and knows the law inside out. This nelligent gal probably is glad of the opportunity and more than adequate for the roll, and has the credentials to do the job, but must be secretly indignant that Biden wanted just a black woman for the job...sort of reverse racism.
“For too long the government and the courts have not looked like America.”
Thats because they consist solely of elitists. Let’s make em look like America. The SC should have at least 1 homeless person. Government needs more high school dropouts.
Sorry but that overused cliche “look like America” drives me crazy.
Is there any way to hold off the approval voting until after the midterm election????
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