Judge Brown Jackson and America’s moment of racial reckoning
2 years, 8 months ago

Judge Brown Jackson and America’s moment of racial reckoning

Al Jazeera  

The hounding of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson by conservatives who say ‘race does not matter’ was a side effect of our current moment of racial reckoning. With each moment of racial reckoning – such as the abolition of slavery and Jim Crow laws, legal desegregation of public schools, passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and adoption of affirmative action policies – the US-made real progress towards achieving racial justice. Similarly, after the 1964 Civil Rights Act dismantled racist Jim Crow laws, a white nativist backlash challenged affirmative action in courts, underfunded federal agencies tasked with enforcing civil rights laws, packed the courts with conservative white male judges, and defunded most social welfare programmes that were essential for the social mobility of racial minorities who had experienced intergenerational poverty due to racist laws and politics. Until we eliminate them all, and this may take generations, race will continue to matter in the US, and moments of racial reckoning will remain an American tradition – whatever our conservative politicians may claim.

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Why Justice Jackson invoked interracial marriage in Supreme Court’s historic transgender care arguments
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Why Justice Jackson invoked interracial marriage in Supreme Court’s historic transgender care arguments

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court was more than an hour into its feisty debate over gender-affirming care when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invoked one of the most significant civil rights precedents in the nation’s history. A liberal named to the court by President Joe Biden two years ago, Jackson said she was “suddenly quite worried” about how the arguments over …

Ketanji Brown Jackson was 'throwing shade' at her colleagues in Trump hearing: expert
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson was 'throwing shade' at her colleagues in Trump hearing: expert

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court looks poised to let former President Donald Trump back on the ballot after hearing a review of the Colorado decision banning him under the Fourteenth Amendment — but Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wants them to do it the right way. New York University law professor and MSNBC legal commentator Melissa Murray explained to anchor Ari …

Dissenting on Harvard affirmative action case, Justice Jackson calls out 'let-them-eat-cake obliviousness'
1 year, 5 months ago

Dissenting on Harvard affirmative action case, Justice Jackson calls out 'let-them-eat-cake obliviousness'

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of two nonwhite women on the bench who dissented from the majority. Oh sure, he glancingly regrets horrendous Supreme Court decisions of yore, such as Plessy vs. Ferguson, which affirmed the doctrine of “separate but equal.” But that’s all in the past, people! “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it,” Roberts writes, …

In the Supreme Court chamber, the subject was race, the mood was somber, the criticism harsh
1 year, 5 months ago

In the Supreme Court chamber, the subject was race, the mood was somber, the criticism harsh

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based admissions in higher education, but it was the three justices who make the court the most diverse in its 233-year history who marked the stark, embittered battle lines over affirmative action. Racialism simply cannot be undone by different or more racialism.” Thursday’s court ruling, he said, …

In her own words: Justice Jackson speaks volumes from bench
2 years, 2 months ago

In her own words: Justice Jackson speaks volumes from bench

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and its newest justice, said before the term began that she was “ready to work.” She made that clear during arguments in the opening cases. “I can’t think of a time where you’ve seen a junior justice take hold of the arguments” to the same extent, Feldman …

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first few months at the fractured Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first few months at the fractured Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has joined an institution of isolated chambers and archaic procedures. Jackson has joined the “cert pool,” by which justices’ law clerks band together to screen these petitions and write memos summarizing whether the cases should be granted and scheduled for oral arguments or outright denied. The “cert pool” began in the 1970s …

Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday took a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions. Jackson, who joined the court June 30 following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, had …

‘Kechangie Brown Jackson’: Trump mangles Supreme Court Justice’s name during GOP rally
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Kechangie Brown Jackson’: Trump mangles Supreme Court Justice’s name during GOP rally

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump mangled Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s name, …

Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. Moments later, joined by her family, Jackson recited the two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts. He also thanked Breyer …

‘History’: Ketanji Brown Jackson officially joins US top court
2 years, 5 months ago

‘History’: Ketanji Brown Jackson officially joins US top court

Al Jazeera  

Justice Jackson takes oath to begin tenure as the first Black woman on the US Supreme Court. US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to start her lifetime appointment as the first Black woman to serve on the country’s top court. “As Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson takes her seat on the Supreme Court, our nation takes …

Column: On the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a symbol. But she’s also human
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: On the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a symbol. But she’s also human

LA Times  

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson turns around to look at Vice President Kamala Harris during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t need to show up at the Capitol on Thursday to preside over the final vote confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. President Biden and Judge Ketanji …

Jackson will join more diverse and conservative high court
2 years, 8 months ago

Jackson will join more diverse and conservative high court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than it’s been since the 1930s. Jackson, 51, is the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court following Thursday’s 53-47 vote by the Senate. By 5-4 or 6-3 votes, they allowed an unusual Texas law to remain in …

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first black woman to sit on US Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first black woman to sit on US Supreme Court

Firstpost  

Jackson, whose parents attended segregated schools, has two degrees from Harvard University and, at 51, is in line to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires at the end of the court’s session this summer, making her a justice in waiting. Washington: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black …

Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman Supreme Court Justice
2 years, 8 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman Supreme Court Justice

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ketanji Brown Jackson made history on Thursday when the Senate …

‘We have come a long way’: Justice-to-be Ketanji Brown Jackson
2 years, 8 months ago

‘We have come a long way’: Justice-to-be Ketanji Brown Jackson

Al Jazeera  

Jackson, the first Black woman ever confirmed to the US Supreme Court, says her appointment is ‘honour of a lifetime’. Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, has said her appointment marks a “moment in which all Americans can take great pride” – but one that holds special significance given the country’s …

Obamas, students cheer high court’s 1st Black female justice
2 years, 8 months ago

Obamas, students cheer high court’s 1st Black female justice

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — “On this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 47, and this nomination is confirmed,” Vice President Kamala Harris said from her chair presiding over the Senate. “We have a dark-skinned, Black woman on the Supreme Court with locks and she’s going to be looking for clerks,” said first year student Jasmine Marchbanks-Owens, 27, referring to the …

Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice
2 years, 8 months ago

Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his promised effort to diversify the high court. Biden tweeted afterward that “we’ve taken another step toward making our highest court reflect the …

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed: First Black woman to be US Supreme Court judge
2 years, 8 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed: First Black woman to be US Supreme Court judge

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON: With a historic Senate confirmation on Thursday, Ketanji Brown Jackson has become the first Black woman to rise up to become justice of the United States Supreme Court. US President Joe Biden takes a selfie with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington Jackson, nominated by President Joe Biden, …

Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History As First Black Woman On Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History As First Black Woman On Supreme Court

Huff Post  

The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, making her the first-ever Black woman and former public defender to serve on the nation’s highest court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is the first Hispanic member of the court, has talked about the benefit of diversity on the bench, saying that a “different perspective can permit you to …

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US top court
2 years, 8 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US top court

Al Jazeera  

US Senate confirms Jackson to the Supreme Court in what Democratic Party leader calls ‘joyous day’ for the country. The United States Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the US Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman in the nation’s history to serve on its highest court. Beyond breaking barriers as the first Black woman on the …

Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

LA Times  

Jackson shatters the glass ceiling with the Senate’s 53-47 confirmation vote, though she won’t be formally sworn in until this summer. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, promoting the appellate judge to a lifetime seat no Black woman has ever occupied. But in appointing the first Black female justice, Biden hopes to energize …

Jackson’s confirmation proceedings show that historically partisan Supreme Court fights are the new normal
2 years, 8 months ago

Jackson’s confirmation proceedings show that historically partisan Supreme Court fights are the new normal

CNN  

CNN — The legal stakes around Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation may be lower than they have been in the past decade of Supreme Court fights. In announcing her support of Jackson, Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski said explicitly that in addition to being satisfied on Jackson’s individual credentials, she wanted to reject the “corrosive politicization of the review process …

Black women feel sting of ‘traumatizing’ Jackson hearings
2 years, 8 months ago

Black women feel sting of ‘traumatizing’ Jackson hearings

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — “Senator,” she said, letting out an audible sigh. “It was really traumatizing to watch,” said Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable. From questioning of Jackson’s view of books on critical race theory that drew her exasperated sigh — “They don’t come up …

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Qualified For The Job. So The GOP Went After Her Blackness.
2 years, 8 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Qualified For The Job. So The GOP Went After Her Blackness.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Before the hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court began, Republicans made a pinky-promise. It got worse when Sen. Ted Cruz used a children’s book to accuse Jackson of peddling critical race theory during her time on the board of a private school in Washington, D.C. “Do you agree. Critical race theory, both …

The GOP displayed its inner bigot during Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings
2 years, 8 months ago

The GOP displayed its inner bigot during Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings

Raw Story  

Just when you think conservatives have reached their nadir, the absolute bottom of the stupidity barrel, they start slinging poop like a bunch of over-stimulated chimps. Yes, she was hostile to civil rights, untroubled by torture, and called New Deal social programs “the triumph of our own socialist revolution,” but that’s nothing to the way Judge Jackson has represented accused …

Takeaways: Joy, tears, culture wars dominate Jackson hearing
2 years, 9 months ago

Takeaways: Joy, tears, culture wars dominate Jackson hearing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s not just Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being scrutinized. At one point, Jackson listened, tears rolling down her cheek, as Booker spoke of all that brought her to this: “You’re here.” Here are some takeaways from Day Three of the weeklong confirmation hearings. “And that’s very important.” Jackson’s record is being scrutinized much …

Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics
2 years, 9 months ago

Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics

Associated Press  

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has put her religious faith front, center — and vague. Alluding to Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s famous exchange with Barrett, Graham said, “How would you feel if a senator up here said, ‘The dogma lives loudly within you and that’s of concern’?” If Jackson has a specific church affiliation, it could not be readily found in …

Supreme Court nominee Jackson faces last day of Senate questions
2 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court nominee Jackson faces last day of Senate questions

Al Jazeera  

Ketanji Brown Jackson is facing a second day of questioning by politicians in the US Senate on her judicial views. United States Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson returned to the Senate for a third day of hearings on Wednesday as Republicans tried to paint her as soft on crime and Democrats heralded her historic nomination to be the first …

Don’t expect Republicans to go easy on Ketanji Brown Jackson
2 years, 9 months ago

Don’t expect Republicans to go easy on Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Independent  

When Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, there was an outpouring of grief across liberal America. That still gave Trump time to quickly fill Ginsburg’s empty seat on the Supreme Court with a hardline, anti-abortionist conservative: Amy Coney Barrett, a woman who stood against pretty much everything Ginsburg had believed in. It’s easy to imagine why people might be angry at conservatives …

Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor’
2 years, 9 months ago

Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged Monday to decide cases “without fear or favor” if the Senate confirms her historic nomination as the first Black woman on the high court. “I want to tell your daughter right now, that dream of hers is so close to being a reality.” In their opening statements, Democrats sought to preemptively …

Black Women Rally At Supreme Court For Ketanji Brown Jackson
2 years, 9 months ago

Black Women Rally At Supreme Court For Ketanji Brown Jackson

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Black women of all ages rallied outside the Supreme Court on Monday to show their support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as her historic confirmation hearings began before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jackson’s supporters, many of whom were Black women, hoisted signs that read, “My Justice She’s Black” and “Confirm KBJ,” and wore flashy pins and vibrant …

Ketanji Brown Jackson vows neutral stance on US top court
2 years, 9 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson vows neutral stance on US top court

Al Jazeera  

Republicans threaten ‘tough questions’ as Democrats hail Jackson as first Black woman nominated to US Supreme Court. “I evaluate the facts and I interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me without fear or favour, consistent with my judicial oath.” In opening statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will be voting on whether to …

First but not last: Black girls see themselves in court pick
2 years, 9 months ago

First but not last: Black girls see themselves in court pick

Associated Press  

In 2013, as she watched President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, 7-year-old Veronica Bofah decided she wanted to be just like him. “At that age, I didn’t see many influential Black figures who went to Ivy League or really elite schools,” Bofah said. Breana Fowler, a 17-year-old high school senior in Charlotte who wants to become a lawyer, said her mother …

Op-Ed: The sickening Republican smear campaign against Ketanji Brown Jackson
2 years, 9 months ago

Op-Ed: The sickening Republican smear campaign against Ketanji Brown Jackson

LA Times  

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers remarks at the White House on her nomination by President Biden to serve as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 25. The fight over the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court is powerful evidence that our political system is broken like never before. What other criminals is Ketanji …

Analysis: Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings to spotlight Supreme Court’s rightward trajectory
2 years, 9 months ago

Analysis: Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings to spotlight Supreme Court’s rightward trajectory

CNN  

CNN — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a groundbreaking nominee, appears before senators Monday for a seat on a Supreme Court that itself has been moving in reverse. On abortion rights, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote two years ago that “in a highly politicized and contentious arena … we have lost our way.” Liberals counter today that the sudden change brought about …

Dick Durbin ‘Very Concerned’ How Republicans Will Treat Ketanji Brown Jackson
2 years, 9 months ago

Dick Durbin ‘Very Concerned’ How Republicans Will Treat Ketanji Brown Jackson

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Dick Durbin, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday that he’s “very concerned” Republicans will unleash ugly attacks on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s character or her identity as a Black woman. In late January, he told reporters that some of Biden’s judicial nominees had become “more controversial than I anticipated.” When HuffPost asked …

Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed American segregation. Introducing Jackson at the White House, Biden declared, “I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects …

Quotes on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination
2 years, 9 months ago

Quotes on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination

Associated Press  

Quotes on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: “For too long, our government, our courts, haven’t looked like America. I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects the full talents and greatness of our nation with a nominee of extraordinary qualifications, and that we inspire all young people to believe that …

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
2 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

CNN  

Ketanji Brown Jackson made history in June when she was sworn in to become the first Black woman on the US Supreme Court. She previously served on DC's federal appellate court, and she had been considered the front-runner for Breyer's seat after Breyer announced his retirement. At her 2021 confirmation hearing for the appellate court, she connected her family's professions …

Ketanji Brown Jackson is Biden’s pick for US Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson is Biden’s pick for US Supreme Court

Al Jazeera  

President Joe Biden nominates federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the US Supreme Court. President Joe Biden has nominated United States appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Circuit, she is one of our nation’s brightest legal minds and will …

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