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Biden's past Supreme Court experience helped inform choice

President Joe Biden knows better than anyone the unexpected turns a Supreme Court nomination can take after it lands on Capitol Hill

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022

"The Act of Silencing a Speaker Is Fundamentally Contrary to the Values of This School"

From Fox News (Jessica Chasmar): Ilya Shapiro, a constitutional scholar who recently found himself in hot water over a tweet about President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, was shouted down by law students in San Francisco, videos show. Shapiro joined a discussion Tuesday afternoon about Justice Stephen Breyer's Supreme Court vacancy…

Reason · Mar 2, 2022

Supreme Court nominee Jackson heading to Capitol Hill

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will meet with congressional leaders on Wednesday, taking her first steps toward confirmation as Senate Democrats and the White House are pushing for a swift timeline

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a superb addition to the US supreme court

Unlike most people nominated to the court, Jackson’s career has included advocating for the rights of criminal defendants and the poor

The Guardian - US · Feb 26, 2022

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to become first Black woman at the Supreme Court: 7 questions answered

President Joe Biden made good on his promise to nominate the first Black female justice to the Supreme Court when he announced that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was his choice on Feb. 25, 2022. Jackson is currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where…

The Conversation · Feb 25, 2022

Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience

The judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court

President Joe Biden (D) announced on Feb. 25 he would nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Stephen Breyer. In a statement, the White House said: “Jackson is an exceptionally qualified nominee as well as an historic nominee, and the…

Ballotpedia · Feb 25, 2022

Barack Obama salutes Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for inspiring ‘young Black women like my daughters’

Joe Biden announced Judge Jackson’s nomination on Friday

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

EXPLAINER: What's ahead for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

The White House says President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, launching what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson is Biden’s pick for US Supreme Court

President Joe Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the US Supreme Court.

Al Jazeera · Feb 25, 2022