Monday, February 28, 2022

U.S. SUPREME COURT - First Black Woman Justice Nomination

"Biden selects Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme CourtPBS NewsHour 2/25/2022

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SUMMARY:  President Biden on Friday delivered on his promise to nominate the first Black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.  After a month-long search to fill the seat of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, Biden selected a former Breyer clerk and sitting federal judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson.  Geoff Bennett reports on how she was chosen to receive a nomination that was decades in the making.

 

 

"How Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson could reshape the nation’s highest courtPBS NewsHour 2/25/2022

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SUMMARY:  President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court is a landmark moment for Black women across the legal field, who throughout American history have made up less than 2 percent of the federal bench.  Margaret Russell of the Santa Clara University Law School, and Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal, join Lisa Desjardins to discuss Jackson's nomination.



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