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This week’s R&D from Prepd covers President Biden’s nomination of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Justice Brown, a graduate of Harvard Law School, is currently on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. If confirmed, she would be the first African-American woman to serve on the Court. The Senate is expected to confirm Brown, who’s nomination cannot be filibustered as per Senate rules.
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced it will hold four days of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. https://t.co/rr9at04i3o
— U.S. News & World Report (@usnews) March 3, 2022
“One of the nation’s top legal minds, who will continue Justice Breyer’s legacy of excellence,” Biden says about his SCOTUS nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, during the #SOTU.
Read about her here: https://t.co/kg48mf6YcC
— The Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) March 2, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson isn’t expected to need GOP votes to be confirmed to the Supreme Court.
But a handful of Republicans are torn over whether to cross party lines and vote for the first Black woman justice. https://t.co/QkV6BWlcuU
— POLITICO (@politico) March 3, 2022
OPINION: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson represents many Black women — a strong part of the coalition that elected Joe Biden — under pressure and thriving, Mary C. Curtis writes. https://t.co/2U8nqX1ppI
— Roll Call (@rollcall) March 3, 2022
Tucker Carlson branded “racist” over Ketanji Brown Jackson remarks https://t.co/plhFD8NDVK pic.twitter.com/mKFcalJzf9
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 3, 2022
“Every chink in the armor of racial and gender exclusion produces outsize opposition.” Read @Sifill_LDF on Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. https://t.co/MWlyC74Hzq
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 3, 2022
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings will begin March 21.
Democrats hope to confirm Jackson ahead of the Senate’s Easter recess in mid-April.https://t.co/SGTsAPB73w
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 2, 2022
What Senators Must Ask Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson About Her Record, Judicial Philosophy @malcolm_john @TomJipping https://t.co/rwY5vMlnj4 pic.twitter.com/SnbprWxbme
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) March 2, 2022
SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson snags big conservative endorsementhttps://t.co/yrIaiG2SxH
— The Week (@TheWeek) February 28, 2022
Opinion by Michele L. Norris: What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s guidance counselor missed https://t.co/Sp6hxDxU51
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 1, 2022
⚖️ Supreme Court: The public’s views of the court are as negative as they have been in many years, according to a January survey conducted before Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement and Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson. https://t.co/KCLHYG82YU pic.twitter.com/LNdB8tLAyK
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) March 1, 2022