• Ketanji Brown Jackson reflects on her groundbreaking path to Supreme Court in new memoir

    Ketanji Brown Jackson reflects on her groundbreaking path to Supreme Court in new memoir

    Sep 03, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    ... such a tribute to them while they're still with us. Geoff Bennett: The memoir is terrific... Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Thank you. Geoff Bennett: ... "Lovely One." Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, thank you so much for speaking with me. I appreciate it.Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Thank you so much.

  • Ketanji Brown Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion

    Ketanji Brown Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion

    Nov 07, 2022 09:08 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued her first Supreme Court opinion Monday, a short dissent in support of a death row inmate from Ohio. Jackson wrote that she would have thrown out lower court rulings in the case of Ohio inmate Davel Chinn, whose lawyers argued that the ...

  • WATCH: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Supreme Court debut in brief ceremony

    WATCH: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Supreme Court debut in brief ceremony

    Sep 30, 2022 06:20 PM EDT

    WATCH: Biden and Harris host celebration for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation Breyer was among a courtroom filled with dignitaries, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Speaker Paul Ryan, a Jackson relative through marriage. Jackson's parents, daughters, brother and in-laws had a front-row seat ...

  • WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on Supreme Court

    WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on Supreme Court

    Jun 30, 2022 02:26 PM EDT

    ... the growth of Black women’s political power, said the timing of Jackson's swearing-in was bittersweet. WATCH: Biden and Harris host celebration for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation “Although we celebrate her today, one Black woman or a cohort of Black women can’t save this ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation, restrictive new abortion laws

    Brooks and Capehart on Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation, restrictive new abortion laws

    Apr 08, 2022 10:30 PM EDT

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court and states’ efforts to install restrictive new abortion laws.

  • WATCH: Biden and Harris host celebration for Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation

    WATCH: Biden and Harris host celebration for Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation

    Apr 08, 2022 01:47 PM EDT

    ... hours after voting for Brown’s confirmation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was on the invite list, tested positive for the virus on Thursday. WATCH: Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday addressed concerns that the ...

  • Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court

    Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court

    Apr 07, 2022 10:49 PM EDT

    In a historic first, the Senate Thursday narrowly confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Three Republican senators joined all 50 Democrats in voting for Jackson. LaDoris Cordell, who became the first Black woman judge in northern California and recently published a memoir titled "Her Honor," joins Amna...

  • WATCH: What happens now that Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to the Supreme Court?

    WATCH: What happens now that Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to the Supreme Court?

    Apr 07, 2022 08:18 PM EDT

    The Senate voted 53-47 on April 7 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson was nominated by President Joe Biden in February to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Now that she is confirmed, Jackson will be the first Black woman, as well as ...

  • Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

    Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

    Apr 07, 2022 06:22 PM EDT

    ... challenge to the University of North Carolina’s admissions process, which might allow her to weigh in on the issue. AP FACT CHECK: Senators misrepresent Ketanji Brown Jackson on abortion Republicans spent the confirmation hearings strongly questioning her sentencing record, including the sentences she handed down in child pornography cases ...

  • WATCH: Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

    WATCH: Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

    Apr 07, 2022 02:22 PM EDT

    ... challenge to the University of North Carolina’s admissions process, which might allow her to weigh in on the issue. AP FACT CHECK: Senators misrepresent Ketanji Brown Jackson on abortion Republicans spent the confirmation hearings strongly questioning her sentencing record, including the sentences she handed down in child pornography cases ...