Topline The conservative-leaning Supreme Court gave few clues Tuesday whether they would soon deal a blow to the Voting Rights Act and its protections against racially discriminatory congressional map...
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Supreme Court Justice Breyer Retiring Thursday—And Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Be Immediately Sworn In
Topline Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire on Thursday and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be immediately sworn in to replace him, ushering in the court’s first Black female justice—and...
Here Are The First Major Cases Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Hear On Supreme Court
Topline The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Thursday—and while she won’t serve on the court until its next term starts in the fall, she’s already slated to weigh in o...
Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court
Topline The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Thursday in a 53-47 vote, making her the first Supreme Court justice President Joe Biden has had confirmed of his presiden...
Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court Vote Deadlocks In Senate Committee—Here’s Why She’ll Still Be Confirmed
Topline The Senate Judiciary Committee split 11-11 Monday on whether to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation, as no Republicans backed her—but her nomination can still go t...
Grassley Acknowledges Fellow Republicans Treated Ketanji Brown Jackson Harshly At Hearings
Topline Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, appeared to concede that other GOP senators repeatedly attacked Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson ...
Lindsey Graham Won’t Support Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation—Despite Supporting Past Appointment
Topline Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday he will not support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court—despite backing her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit Court last y...
Two-Thirds Of Americans Want Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed To Supreme Court, Poll Finds
Topline A broad majority of Americans say they would vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court if they were senators, a new Marquette Law School poll finds, as Jackson a...
Fox News’ Shannon Bream Says Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Likely Get ‘A Handful Of Republican Votes’
Fox News Channel’s Shannon Bream during the confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Fox News Channel Fox News Channel anchor Shannon Bream—the network’s top Supreme Court correspond...
Manchin Says He Will Vote To Confirm Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Topline Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Friday he will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court—all but ensuring her nomination to become the first Black woman on the nation...
McConnell Says He Won’t Support Ketanji Brown Jackson For Supreme Court
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he will not vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, as Republicans largely voice opposition to President Joe Bi...
Sen. Booker Praises Ketanji Brown Jackson As Inspirational—And Blasts ‘Shocking’ GOP Criticism
Topline In an emotional speech Wednesday, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) called Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson an inspiration to American minority groups in the tradition of abolitionist...
Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She’ll Recuse From Harvard Affirmative Action Case
Topline Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday she’ll recuse herself from an upcoming case challenging Harvard University’s affirmative action policy if she’s confirmed to th...
Here’s How Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Process Is Expected To Play Out
Topline President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday kicked off what’s expected to be a swift Senate confirmation process—here’s what to expect a...
Republicans Have Already Started Attacking Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Topline A number of Republican lawmakers and officials swiftly criticized President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday, painting the D.C. Circuit Cour...
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has sided with unions — Quartz
US president Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court today (Feb. 25)—if confirmed, she would become the first Black woman in the role. Her past decisions offer clues to her pot...