Appointed by Joe Biden to the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson must convince, from Monday, the senators to validate this historic choice and make her the first black woman to sit within the influential institution.
She must come forward Monday, March 21 before the Judiciary Committee of the Upper House of Congress to defend her nomination as a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ketanji Brown Jackson might be the first black woman to sit in the prestigious American institution and thus mark history. The Midi Dispatch reveals five things to know regarding the magistrate approached by Joe Biden.
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“A source of inspiration for black women”
“Judge Jackson is already an inspiration to black women, like my daughters, empowering them to aim higher,” former US President Barack Obama said. Also praised by current President Joe Biden, who calls her “one of our nation’s most brilliant legal minds”, the magistrate, mother of two, followed a model path following graduating from Harvard.
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The Supreme Court is not unknown to him
Ketanji Brown Jackson began her career alongside Stephen Breyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, during a study internship in 1999. More than 20 years later, it is she who is expected to take over the seat of the famous progressive magistrate appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994, who will retire in the summer.
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Already nominated by Barack Obama
This is not the first time that Judge Jackson has benefited from the solicitations of an American president. Already in 2009, Barack Obama appointed her vice-president of the United States Sentencing Commission. She will sit there until 2014. At the same time, in 2012, she acceded to another prestigious title offered by President Obama: judge at the United States District Court.
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His appointment is strongly criticized
Although supported by Joe Biden, Ketanji Brown Jackson will have to fight to validate his appointment as judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. In question, his training at Harvard, a private school, is strongly criticized by the Republicans who denounce a too high rate of judges graduates of private universities within the high court.
Only two black magistrates have been appointed to the Supreme Court in 232 years. If the 51-year-old lawyer achieves this title, she will be the first black woman to sit in the prestigious American institution. A symbolic and historic decision for American justice.