Biden's new SCOTUS pick

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/25/ketanji-brown-jackson-joe-biden-supreme-court-choice

Ketanji Brown Jackson: who is Biden’s supreme court choice?

Joe Biden’s nominee for the supreme court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is a 51-year-old Harvard graduate who has been a judge of the United States court of appeals for the DC circuit since June, having replaced now-attorney general Merrick Garland.

Jackson becomes the first Black woman to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation. She will be the current court’s second Black justice, alongside conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, as well as the third Black justice in its history.

She’s also the sixth woman to serve. Her confirmation would mean that for the first time, four women would sit together on the nine-member court.

The DC circuit has historically been seen as a stepping stone to the supreme court. As a district court judge, Jackson has issued multiple high-profile rulings.

Ketanji Brown Jackson in Washington. The nomination fulfils a campaign promise of Biden’s.
Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to become first Black woman on supreme court.


In addition to being the judge who sentenced the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist to four years in prison, Jackson ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to protect Don McGahn, a former White House counsel, from testifying before Congress. She wrote: “Stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded history is that presidents are not kings.”

From 2010 to 2014 Jackson served as vice chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, during which the commission significantly reduced sentences for numerous drug offenders.

From the article:

"During her time as a public defender, Jackson worked on multiple Guantanamo-related cases. One of the clients she was assigned to represent was Khli Ali Gul, an Afghan detainee at the American naval base.

"From 2002 to 2004, Jackson worked for Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney who was known for his role as the special master of the US government’s 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.

"In 2016, Barack Obama interviewed Jackson as a potential nominee following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia."

@vivify said
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/25/ketanji-brown-jackson-joe-biden-supreme-court-choice

Ketanji Brown Jackson: who is Biden’s supreme court choice?

Joe Biden’s nominee for the supreme court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is a 51-year-old Harvard graduate who has been a judge of the United States court of appeals for the DC circuit since June, having r ...[text shortened]... on, during which the commission significantly reduced sentences for numerous drug offenders.

[one-hand-clapping] 😴

@Earl-of-Trumps
I hear the swooshing......

@vivify said
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/25/ketanji-brown-jackson-joe-biden-supreme-court-choice

Ketanji Brown Jackson: who is Biden’s supreme court choice?

Joe Biden’s nominee for the supreme court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is a 51-year-old Harvard graduate who has been a judge of the United States court of appeals for the DC circuit since June, having r ...[text shortened]... on, during which the commission significantly reduced sentences for numerous drug offenders.

@no1marauder said - "... but Jackson certainly appears to be well-qualified."

I noticed that, too.
Black skin...? CHECK
Vajaja...? CHECK.

She'll do

"I picked her because....because 🤔...Oh ya! She is black!...or something!"

-Joe Biden 🙄

😄 I'm having fun 😄

Biden once said "we already have a ni**er mayor, we don't need anymore ni**er big shots". So he puts a so called ni**er big shot on the SCOTUS.

Has Biden really evolved that much? Has he left his old racism behind?

@Metal-Brain

Nah...it's the new thing...to be cool 😎

Hate your own race if you are white...

@no1marauder said
I would have preferred Kruger of California (partially because Jackson was just recently confirmed to the Court of Appeals in DC) but Jackson certainly appears to be well-qualified.

@contenchess said
"I picked her because....because 🤔...Oh ya! She is black!...or something!"

-Joe Biden 🙄

@contenchess said
"I picked her because....because 🤔...Oh ya! She is black!...or something!"

-Joe Biden 🙄

@earl-of-trumps said
@no1marauder said - "... but Jackson certainly appears to be well-qualified."

I noticed that, too.
Black skin...? CHECK
Vajaja...? CHECK.

She'll do