• Appeals court considers Trump attempt to withhold records tied to Capitol riot

    Appeals court considers Trump attempt to withhold records tied to Capitol riot

    Nov 30, 2021 02:51 PM EDT

    ... the case. Democratic presidents nominated all three judges who will hear arguments Tuesday. Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins were nominated by President Barack Obama, and Ketanji Brown Jackson is a Biden appointee. Given the stakes of the case, either side is likely to appeal to the Supreme Court. In their ...

  • Court temporarily delays release of Trump's Jan. 6 records

    Court temporarily delays release of Trump's Jan. 6 records

    Nov 11, 2021 09:35 PM EDT

    ... Nov. 30 arguments will take place before three judges nominated by Democratic presidents: Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins, nominated by former President Barack Obama, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, an appointee of Biden.Given the case's magnitude, whichever side loses before the circuit court is likely to eventually appeal to ...

  • News Wrap: Israel's Naftali Bennett officially unseats Benjamin Netanyahu

    News Wrap: Israel's Naftali Bennett officially unseats Benjamin Netanyahu

    Jun 14, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    ... days for the fire to burn itself out. There's no word on the cause. The U.S. Supreme Court has narrowly confirmed federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the federal appeals court for Washington, D.C. The vote this evening was mostly down party lines. President Biden has promised ...

  • After 2-year battle, House panel to interview Trump counsel McGahn

    After 2-year battle, House panel to interview Trump counsel McGahn

    Jun 04, 2021 02:17 PM EDT

    ... subsequent interview by the FBI — left him vulnerable to blackmail. Trump's Justice Department fought efforts to have McGahn testify, but U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in 2019 rejected Trump's arguments that his close advisers were immune from congressional subpoena. President Joe Biden has nominated Jackson to ...

  • Biden announces 2nd round of diverse federal judiciary picks

    Biden announces 2nd round of diverse federal judiciary picks

    Apr 29, 2021 08:00 PM EDT

    ... Vice President Kamala Harris called on to break some tie votes. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard from five of Biden's nominees on Wednesday, with Ketanji Brown Jackson attracting most of the attention. She is a federal judge in the District of Columbia, and Biden wants her promoted to the ...

  • Biden announces diverse first slate of judicial nominees

    Biden announces diverse first slate of judicial nominees

    Mar 30, 2021 06:24 PM EDT

    ... nominated to the federal courts of appeals, a pathway to the Supreme Court. The most prominent of the three is U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom Biden says he will nominate to the seat left vacant on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C ...

  • Judge says ex-White House counsel Don McGahn must appear before Congress

    Judge says ex-White House counsel Don McGahn must appear before Congress

    Nov 25, 2019 11:15 PM EDT

    ... outcome could lead to renewed efforts by House Democrats to compel testimony from other high-ranking officials, including former national security adviser John Bolton. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled Monday in a lawsuit filed by the House Judiciary Committee. McGahn was a star witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s ...

  • Plea deal reached for man who fired shots inside DC pizzeria

    Plea deal reached for man who fired shots inside DC pizzeria

    Mar 15, 2017 09:27 PM EDT

    ... Jahn, and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington declined comment. After lawyers asked for more time to complete paperwork, U.S. District Judge Ketanji B. Jackson scheduled a plea hearing for March 24. Authorities say Welch caused panic by firing multiple shots inside the Comet Ping Pong restaurant ...

  • Obama signals Supreme Court announcement could come soon

    Obama signals Supreme Court announcement could come soon

    Mar 09, 2016 11:48 PM EDT

    ... the District of Columbia Circuit. Merrick Garland, chief judge on the same court. Judge Paul Watford of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Ketanji Brown Jackson, a district court judge in Washington, is also under consideration, although a less likely option, said the source, who was not authorized ...

  • Supreme Court allows Trump to strip humanitarian parole of 500,000 people from 4 countries

    Supreme Court allows Trump to strip humanitarian parole of 500,000 people from 4 countries

    May 30, 2025 02:43 PM EDT

    ... administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge in Boston blocked the administration’s push to end the program. Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson wrote in dissent that the effect of the court’s order is “to have the lives of half a million migrants unravel ...