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Mood as light as spring air as Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers words to remember

After 232 years, a Black woman is on the supreme court – and the atmosphere on a sunny Washington day was celebratory

The Guardian - US

More politicians test positive for COVID-19 as virus spreads among DC power players

Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock both tested positive for COVID-19 late Thursday after casting their vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, making them the latest in a string of Washington D.C. power players to contract the virus.

Tribune News Service

Biden hails Jackson’s historic confirmation to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday heralded the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is about to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, as a moment of “real change in American history.”

Los Angeles Times

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‘We have come a long way’: Justice-to-be Ketanji Brown Jackson

Jackson, the first Black woman ever confirmed to the US Supreme Court, says her appointment is ‘honour of a lifetime’.

Al Jazeera

‘We’ve made it’: Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers stirring speech marking historic confirmation to Supreme Court

‘It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States’

The Independent UK

Michael Hiltzik: California's landmark corporate diversity law was overturned. What happens next?

Critics of the movement to make corporate boards more diverse by adding women and ethnic minorities to what used to be a white, male sandbox may take it as vindication that a California judge recently overturned as unconstitutional the 2020 state law mandating board diversity.

Los Angeles Times

Ketanji Brown Jackson on historic Supreme Court confirmation: "We've made it"

"It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court."

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Biden: Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation "a moment of real change"

"We're going to look back and see this as a moment of real change in American history," Biden said.

Axios

Biden blasts ‘verbal abuse’ from Republicans during Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

President Joe Biden blasted Republican attacks against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her confirmation hearings during a celebration of her ascent to the Supreme Court on Friday.

The Independent UK

Lindsey Graham defends vote against Ketanji Brown Jackson and not clapping for her confirmation

‘When we ask hard questions of an African-American nominee who’s liberal, all of a sudden we’re racist,’ the South Carolina Republican crows.

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson nods to history in first remarks after Supreme Court confirmation - Roll Call

The event celebrated a historic moment for the country, and Jackson spoke of civil rights struggles that got her there.

Roll Call

Jimmy Kimmel on Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘A snowflake and a sociopath at the same time’

Late-night hosts discuss Greene calling the cops on Kimmel, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation and two more Trump aides held in contempt of Congress

The Guardian - US

Black senator calls Joy Reid ‘vile’ after she slams him for voting against Ketanji Brown Jackson

The senator called Ms Reed’s critique ‘offensive’ and ‘ridiculous’

The Independent UK

Alabama Passes Bill Making It a Felony To Offer Transition-Related Care for Trans Kids

Plus: Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed, judge gives gun rights back to January 6 defendant, and more...

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The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel calls Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘sociopath’ for reporting him to police over Will Smith joke

‘Officer? I would like to report a joke’

The Guardian - US

Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘honored’ to become supreme court’s first Black female justice – as it happened

Jackson speaks at White House after being confirmed 53-47 to become first Black woman on supreme court

Los Angeles Times

Biden, Jackson to mark judge’s historic Supreme Court confirmation

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday will herald the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is about to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, during a ceremony at the White House.

Reason

Conservatives Say They Care About the Constitution. Until They Talk About Criminal Justice.

Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the nation's first Supreme Court justice to have served as a public defender, and the first since Thurgood Marshall to have experience as a defense attorney. That's good.

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Roll Call

Photos of the Week ending April 8, 2022 - Roll Call

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic Supreme Count confirmation and a fox hounding the Hill are among the highlights of this week’s photos.

Salon

Lindsey Graham's hypocrisy on child porn

Graham was an Air Force lawyer for 30 years. He did nothing to fix military leniency toward child porn offenders

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: more than 30 people killed in Russian strike on train station in eastern Ukraine

Donetsk governor says thousands were at station when it was struck. Plus, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to supreme court lauded as ray of hope

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Finally, a Black woman has a place on the Supreme Court bench

The confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as a justice of the Supreme Court is a moment to exult in as a nation. Jackson is the first Black woman to be appointed to that bench, and only the third Black justice and sixth woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service

Mará Rose Williams: Cheers to Ketanji Brown Jackson, who broke through for me and our Black ancestors

The text and photo came just moments before Thursday’s Senate vote that would confirm the first Black woman, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Axios

Jackson joins a Supreme Court at fever pitch

She'll join the court as it dives headfirst into the most controversial issues in American politics.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Justice Jackson: Ketanji Brown Jackson rightly wins Senate confirmation, but the country must remember Republicans’ dishonest attacks

After the Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the high court, we now proudly call her Justice Jackson. Many understandably celebrate that she’s the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

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