• WATCH: Biden delivers remarks about the 235 judicial confirmations made during his term

    WATCH: Biden delivers remarks about the 235 judicial confirmations made during his term

    Jan 02, 2025 06:53 PM EDT

    ... never thought we'd be talking about this, defending constitutional liberties, replacing and respecting the idea precedent matters," he added. The 235 confirmed judges include Ketanji Brown Jackson, who made history as the first Black woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court and more Black women to the federal ...

  • Senate confirms 235th federal judge under Biden's presidency, beating Trump's first-term tally

    Senate confirms 235th federal judge under Biden's presidency, beating Trump's first-term tally

    Dec 21, 2024 01:03 AM EDT

    ... thirds of Biden's appointees are women and a solid majority of appointees are people of color. The most notable appointee was Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first African American woman to serve on the nation's highest court. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGl1WfViW4 “Prior to ...

  • Supreme Court rejects final request to halt execution of Marcellus Williams

    Supreme Court rejects final request to halt execution of Marcellus Williams

    Sep 24, 2024 10:23 PM EDT

    ... last-ditch request to intervene on his behalf. The justices rejected two separate appeals to spare Marcellus Williams’ life, over the objection of Liberal Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, a day after the Missouri Supreme Court and Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined to step in on ...

  • September 3, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

    September 3, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Sep 03, 2024 11:29 PM EDT

    Tuesday on the News Hour, Ukraine renews its plea for long-range weapons from the U.S. after two Russian missile strikes kill dozens. Geoff Bennett sits down with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to discuss her memoir detailing her journey to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court ...

  • WATCH: Latino civil rights organization UnidosUS holds conference in Las Vegas

    WATCH: Latino civil rights organization UnidosUS holds conference in Las Vegas

    Jul 17, 2024 03:10 PM EDT

    ... of the United States,” Biden said of Vice President Kamala Harris. He added that she “could be president.” Biden also noted his appointment of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on U.S. Supreme Court and his service as vice president under Barack Obama, the ...

  • WATCH: Biden continues to call for calm, but says he won't 'stop telling the truth' in campaign return

    WATCH: Biden continues to call for calm, but says he won't 'stop telling the truth' in campaign return

    Jul 16, 2024 02:33 PM EDT

    ... referenced Barack Obama as the nation’s first Black president, and his own appointment to the Supreme Court of its first Black and female justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Biden's trip comes as Democrats have been engaged in a weeks-long crisis of confidence over his candidacy after his devastating ...

  • Reviewing consequential and controversial decisions from the Supreme Court

    Reviewing consequential and controversial decisions from the Supreme Court

    Jul 04, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    ... stronger language there. Joan Biskupic: Certainly stronger language, and it was escalating. It had been building on the part of Justices Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, our newest justice. The anger, the passion, and I felt like when I was hearing some of those earlier dissents, it revealed ...

  • 6 big takeaways from this historic Supreme Court term

    6 big takeaways from this historic Supreme Court term

    Jul 02, 2024 04:39 PM EDT

    ... justices this term, a pattern seen more recently continues to hold. The justices’ rates of agreement fall along these lines:Justices Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson on the left Justices Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch on the right Chief Justice Roberts joining Justices Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh ...

  • What does the Supreme Court immunity ruling mean for Trump? 6 questions answered

    What does the Supreme Court immunity ruling mean for Trump? 6 questions answered

    Jul 01, 2024 09:01 PM EDT

    ... fails, however, he must stand trial.” What was the dissent? The Supreme Court’s decision fell along ideological lines. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson all dissented from the conservative majority. Sotomayor wrote in her dissent that the court’s decision to grant former president criminal immunity ...

  • Breaking down Supreme Court decisions on Jan. 6 cases, homeless camps and agency power

    Breaking down Supreme Court decisions on Jan. 6 cases, homeless camps and agency power

    Jun 28, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    Chief Justice John Roberts said in the majority opinion that the way the Justice Department is using the law criminalizes a broad swathe of prosaic conduct, exposing activists and lobbyists to decades in prison. It was a 6-3 decision, but not ideological. Ketanji Brown Jackson was in the majority ...