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.
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.
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee is beginning historic confirmation hearings Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the firs
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has told senators that she will defend the Constitution and decide cases “without fear or favor” if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee begins historic confirmation hearings Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.