today sworn in as the nation s 116th justice, and the first black woman ever to serve on the high court. her husband, dr. patrick jackson held two bibles on which she swore a family bible, and the court s harlan bible. a court federal appeals judge, jackson replaced justice stephen breyer, who stepped down today after three decades on the bench, justice breyer hired ketanji brown jackson as a clerk in 1999, making it a full circle moment when he administered the judicial oath to her today. a formal investiture for justice jackson is expected in the fall we can call her that now, justice jackson. taking her oath today allows her to begin her judicial duties. she arrives on the bench in the wake of several hugely polarizing decisions, issued by the court on abortion, gun rights, and today s ruling limiting the epa s authority to fight climate change. we are going to have much more on that ruling specifically, and on the future of the court, and its newest member just ahead. b
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you, friend. tell me, can you help us understand what exactly this ruling does to the epa? it limits their ability to limit or restrict the negative environmentally negative output of power plants. that s right. the epa is filled with experts whose job it is to figure out how to regulate the pollution that comes out of power plants and things. with a supreme court today said, we don t care about that, [inaudible] going to be serious regulation congress has to specifically tell us how much methane or what kind of carbon or on an on down the list and of course, as anybody who has followed congress, as you have every night for years now, knows, that s exactly the same thing as saying, we will not have any regulation at all. facing the greatest crisis the world has ever faced, this goes a long ways towards removing the chance that the u.s. will step up to its obligations.
that is something to digest for a moment. because, after what we saw on the 2020 election, with states trying to send fake electors to congress, this could lead to catastrophic consequences for our democracy. or at least extreme partisan gerrymandering across the country next time they get the chance. this case is about north carolina, but if the conservative justices rule in favor of the republicans, it could have an outsized impact. because, republicans control both houses of state legislatures in 30 states. what is the future of this conservative court look like? what can we expect next term? i am just a person to ask, joining us now is julia lithwick, a senior editor and legal correspondent for slate .com. delia, good to see, you thank you for making time for us tonight. north carolina, about state legislators having absolute power over the elections in the courts can get involved in