• LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case that could limit federal agencies from enforcing laws

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case that could limit federal agencies from enforcing laws

    Jan 17, 2024 02:39 PM EDT

    ... cases limiting regulation of air and water pollution are backing the fishermen as well. The justices are hearing two cases on the same issue. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is recused in one case, from New Jersey, because she took part in it at an earlier stage when she was an ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan

    Dec 01, 2023 10:58 PM EDT

    ... a powerful prescription painkiller. A lawyer for a victim who opposes the settlement calls the provision dealing with the Sacklers "special protection for billionaires.” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson seemed more inclined toward the opponents, saying the Sacklers' insistence on a shield against all lawsuits is “causing this problem.” By contrast ...

  • Biden announces 5 federal judicial nominees and stresses their diverse backgrounds

    Biden announces 5 federal judicial nominees and stresses their diverse backgrounds

    Nov 15, 2023 08:44 PM EDT

    ... by the Senate. Of those, the White House says that two-thirds are women and two-thirds are people of color, including Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the high court's first Black female justice. The White House says that it is just getting started and that more judicial ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case about gerrymandering affecting Black voters in South Carolina

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case about gerrymandering affecting Black voters in South Carolina

    Oct 11, 2023 01:36 PM EDT

    Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of three liberals who sounded sympathetic to the challengers, noted that the old and new districts kept the Democratic-leaning Black voting age population at 17%, low enough to keep electing a Republican representative. “My understanding is that thousands were moved in and out and ...

  • New Wrap: New England braces for impact of Hurricane Lee

    New Wrap: New England braces for impact of Hurricane Lee

    Sep 15, 2023 10:46 PM EDT

    ... dynamite device exploded. The attack brought an outpouring of grief and shook the country's conscience. Today's remembrance service at the church featured Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice: The theft of ...

  • Biden and Harris will meet with King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

    Biden and Harris will meet with King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

    Aug 25, 2023 05:58 PM EDT

    ... from Biden's economic and other policies, including low unemployment. Officials note his numerous appointments of Black women to federal courts, including Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court. They also point to nearly $7 billion in aid to ...

  • What the Supreme Court’s latest term tells us about its future direction

    What the Supreme Court’s latest term tells us about its future direction

    Jul 02, 2023 09:40 PM EDT

    ... know, faux judicial restraint. I think that was the phrase Justice Scalia used once. You know, he was able to do so in certain key areas. John Yang: This was also the first term for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, what did we learn about her from watching her this term?

  • What to know after the Supreme Court issued its biggest rulings of the year

    What to know after the Supreme Court issued its biggest rulings of the year

    Jul 01, 2023 04:45 PM EDT

    WATCH: Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court Like her colleagues, Jackson wrote about a half a dozen majority opinions this term. Her first came in a dispute between states over unclaimed money while her most significant may have been a 7-2 ruling ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark decisions

    Brooks and Capehart on the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark decisions

    Jun 30, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Thomas last year in the Dobbs decision signaled that Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell should also be overturned. So, if Justices Soto -- Sotomayor Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the other liberals on the court want to thunder against the 6-3 -- the six conservative justices, you know what, have ...

  • Breaking down the Supreme Court's ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions

    Breaking down the Supreme Court's ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions

    Jun 29, 2023 10:55 PM EDT

    ... or essays in which an applicant talks about or discusses how race really affected that person's life, whether inspirational or not. Geoff Bennett: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recused herself from the Harvard case, because she had served for years on one of Harvard's governing bodies, but she participated ...