Blackburn: Tennesseans want border wall In fact, Tennessee is located roughly 1,700 from Mexico and borders Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia Salon · Apr 12, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson is and isn't 1st Black female justice Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court last week and will become its first Black female justice The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022
Commentary: Have we become too reliant on deferring to experts? In one of the most dramatic moments of the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked the judge, “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?” Chicago Tribune · Apr 12, 2022
Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for April 1 Welcome to the April 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Ballotpedia · Apr 11, 2022
GOP goes full "groomer" to stir violence Republicans don't really think liberals are "grooming" children — but they know saying so is permission to violence Salon · Apr 11, 2022
RBG jokes with KBJ in SNL sketch Biden left KBJ in the Oval Office, suggesting she imagine the people who came before her. And RBG appeared Salon · Apr 11, 2022
Erika D. Smith: On the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a symbol. But she's also human Vice President Kamala Harris didn't need to show up at the Capitol on Thursday to preside over the final vote confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Reports Jimmy Kimmel to Capitol Police for a "Threat of Violence" https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1511816972610244615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511816972610244615%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2Fmarjorie-taylor-greene-claims-she-called-the-cops-on-jimmy-kimmel-over-a-will-smith-joke%2F Washington Post (Eugene Scott) reports: Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joked about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in his opening monologue earlier this week after she labeled some in her party "pro-pedophile" for supporting Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. "Where is Will Smith when you really need him?"… Reason · Apr 9, 2022
Why the right wants to see naughty bits A panel of experts on conservative fascination with bodily functions — it's vicious, illogical and also revealing Salon · Apr 9, 2022
Why Lindsey Graham didn't vote for KBJ The GOP's lines of questioning had, for the most part, little to do with her unprecedented qualifications Salon · Apr 9, 2022
Editorial: Lessons learned from Ketanji Brown Jackson Lacking any valid reason to reject Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, some Senate Republicans chose an utterly pointless pretext: her refusal to say whether she supports packing the court with more justices, as some of its critics advocate. Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2022
Jackson, COVID and a retirement show Congress' partisan path A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2022
Jackson's speech highlights US race struggles, progress Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at the White House went to the heart of both the triumphs and struggles of Black Americans in her lifetime The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2022
Durbin, Lightfoot, Raoul, Moseley Braun: At Ketanji Brown Jackson White House Supreme Court fete Said Mayor Lightfoot: “Being a Black woman and ascending to the heights” that Jackson “has gotten to” means “you’ve been through it all, through every fight, you know, every trick, and you know how they don’t want us to succeed.” Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 9, 2022
The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022 Jackson confirmation speech notes US race struggle, progress Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at the White House on Friday went to the heart of both the triumphs and struggles of Black Americans in her lifetime
Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022 Biden hails Ketanji Brown 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.”
Ballotpedia · Apr 8, 2022 ICYMI: Top stories of the week The race to fill out the remainder of former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s unexpired term was the only battleground among the races we covered on April 5. Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson defeated Robert Donovan. Although the race is officially nonpartisan, Johnson has said he is a Democrat. Donovan described himself…
The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2022 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
Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022 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.
Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022 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.”
Al Jazeera · Apr 8, 2022 ‘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’.
The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022 ‘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’
Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022 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.
Axios · Apr 8, 2022 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."
Axios · Apr 8, 2022 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.