Sep 30 WATCH: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Supreme Court debut in brief ceremony By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has made her first appearance on the Supreme Court bench in a brief courtroom ceremony three days before the start of the high court's new term. Continue reading
Jul 22 Jackson to vote on one of two college admissions cases before Supreme Court By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Jackson had pledged during her confirmation hearing to sit out the case involving Harvard’s admissions policy because she was a member of the school’s board. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 6:55 Supreme Court hands down climate change, immigration rulings on final day of historic term The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up a term that rewrote the law books on abortion, guns, climate change and asylum policy. That, in turn, set the stage for more history, when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black… Continue watching
Jun 30 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on Supreme Court By Associated Press Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Death toll rises to 53 in Texas after migrants were found in abandoned truck In our news wrap Wednesday, the death toll rose to 53 in San Antonio, Texas, after migrants were found in an abandoned truck, the Supreme Court allows an Army veteran to sue Texas over claim that burn pits in Iraq… Continue watching
Apr 09 Debates over Supreme Court confirmation, COVID funding show intensifying partisanship By Alan Fram, Associated Press Party-line fights on Capitol Hill are as old as the republic, and they routinely escalate as elections approach. Yet three events from a notable week illustrate how Congress’ near- and long-term paths point toward intensifying partisanship. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 13:12 Brooks and Capehart on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation, restrictive new abortion laws By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura 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… Continue watching
Apr 08 WATCH: Biden and Harris host celebration for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation By Associated Press Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court showed the progress of America, declaring, ″We’ve made it — all of us."… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 9:22 Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court By Amna Nawaz, Tommy Walters 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… Continue watching
Apr 07 WATCH: What happens now that Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to the Supreme Court? By Nicole Ellis, News Desk, Kenichi Serino “This is a bit of an unprecedented situation, according to Supreme Court historians, in that she has a long wait," PBS NewsHour National Correspondent John Yang said. Continue reading