Jackson faces Senate in Day 1 of confirmation hearing
She would be the first Black female Supreme Court justice, and the first with significant criminal defense experience since Thurgood Marshall.
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She would be the first Black female Supreme Court justice, and the first with significant criminal defense experience since Thurgood Marshall.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, is facing senators on Monday. Here’s a look at her career.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee is beginning historic confirmation hearings Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
She would be the first Black female Supreme Court justice, and the first with significant criminal defense experience since Thurgood Marshall.
Democrats sought to preemptively rebut Republican criticism of her record on criminal matters as a judge and before that, as a federal public defender and a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.