The 51-year-old’s appointment by Biden means white men are not in the majority on the nation’s highest court for the first time in 233 years. Source link
Read More »Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as first black woman on US Supreme Court
The vote is a victory for President Joe Biden, who is making his first appointment to a bench with an increasingly assertive 6-3 conservative majority. Source link
Read More »Asian-Americans are still waiting for their US Supreme Court voice
For all Biden’s talk of representing everyone, his pick of Ketanji Brown Jackson leaves Asian-Americans on the outside looking in. The bipartisan exclusion of Asian-Americans from high government offices suggests there are greater barriers limiting their opportunities. Source link
Read More »Making history, Biden’s Supreme Court pick vows to defend democracy
US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson vowed to defend the “grand experiment of American democracy” as she launched a historic bid to be the first black woman on the nation’s highest judicial bench.President Joe Biden’s pick made the pledge as she was formally introduced at the start of televised …
Read More »Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson set to make US supreme court history
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will make history Monday as she goes before a Senate panel considering her nomination to be the first black woman on the US Supreme Court.Barring a major mishap, the Democrats’ narrow control of the Senate means confirmation is all but assured. Although she will not shift …
Read More »Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first black woman on US Supreme Court
President Joe Biden has selected federal appellate judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, the White House said on Friday, setting the stage for a confirmation battle in the closely divided Senate.Biden picked Jackson, 51, for a lifetime job on …
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