"Biden selects Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court" PBS 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 court" PBS 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.
