Ketanji Brown Jackson - report

US Supreme Court justice since 2022 (born 1970)

Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 7, 2022; she was sworn in to office on June 30. Jackson was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2021 to 2022.

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2021 2023 2024

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Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, was officially welcomed to the SCOTUS after an investiture ceremony. Chief Justice John Roberts wished the 52-year-old Jackson a “long and happy career in our common calling’
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Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court. She was confirmed by the Senate in a bipartisan vote in April. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the constitutional oath. Justice Breyer, for whom she clerked, will administered the judicial oath.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice back in April. She will be sworn in on Thursday, June 30, at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) The Supreme Court has agreed to review at least 20 cases during its 2022-2023 term.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court in its 233-year history. The 51-year-old justice was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday after a weekslong process. The vote was bipartisan, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah voting for Jackson.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked on a party-line vote of 11 to 11. The tie means Jackson is stuck in committee until the full Senate votes to pull her nomination. The full Senate will now decide whether to send the nomination for a floor vote.
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Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney Monday said they will vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Murkowski's support gives Jackson yet more breathing room for her confirmation after Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she would support Jackson last week. A final vote on Jackson’s likely confirmation is expected later this week.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson is President Joe Biden's nominee to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., brought up transgender issues in her questioning and asked Jackson, "Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman?’" GOP strategist Greg Price noted the irony of Jackson's response.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson is under fire for her judicial views. Republicans say she is extremist and soft on crime. Democrats and Republicans disagree over whether she called George W. Bush war criminals. Sens. Marco Rubio and Marsha Blackburn are both wrong on a key issue.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, currently sits on DC's federal appellate court. She'd succeed the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, for whom she once clerked. Republicans don't intend to let her off easy, raising concerns on everything from her past work as a public defender representing Guantanamo Bay detainees.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She represented a range of criminal defendants, including Guantanamo Bay detainees, vindicating constitutional rights of scorned, persecuted, and impoverished individuals. If confirmed, Jackson will become the first Black woman to ever serve on the US supreme court.