Ketanji Brown Jackson

American lawyer and jurist (born 1970) · United States · Lawyers

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She took the seat of the justice she once clerked for, closing a circle that made her the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and the first former public defender to reach the bench.

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2024“In short, America has traditionally relied on the law to keep its Presidents in line.”In their wordsJuly 2024Dissenting Opinion, p. 21Read the whole statement

2022“I have dedicated my career to public service because I love this country and our Constitution and the rights that make us free.”In their words8 April 2022Remarks at White House ceremony on Senate Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court (8 April 2022)Read the whole statement

“In preparing for these hearings, you may have read some of my more than 570 written decisions, and you may have also noticed that my opinions tend to be on the long side.”In their wordsMarch 2022Jackson's opening statement on Day 1 of the confirmation hearings, or March 21st, published by the Associated Press at "Text of SupremeRead the whole statement

Time 100AwardAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesOffice2021Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. CircuitOffice2021-20222019“Thus., when presented with a case or controversy, it is the Judiciary’s duty under the Constitution to interpret the law and to declare government overreaches unlawful.”In their words25 November 2019Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, Plaintiff, v. Donald F. McGahn II, Defendant. (Nov 25, 2019)Read the whole statement

“Thus, DOJ’s hand-waving over the Judiciary Committee’s purported failure to establish a “cognizable” injury for standing purposes...”In their words25 November 2019Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, Plaintiff, v. Donald F. McGahn II, Defendant. (Nov 25, 2019)Read the whole statement

“The United States of America has a government of laws and not of men. The Constitution and federal law set the boundaries of what is acceptable conduct, and for this reason...”In their words25 November 2019Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, Plaintiff, v. Donald F. McGahn II, Defendant. (Nov 25, 2019)Read the whole statement

1970Born14 September 1970

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Jackson on the bench of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (pictured in 2019)

Jackson in 2020

Judge Jackson with Justice Stephen Breyer

Jackson delivers remarks on her nomination in the Grand Foyer of the White House (February 25, 2022)

Justice Breyer administering the Judicial Oath to Jackson (June 30, 2022)

Judge Jackson at the James B. Parsons Legacy Dinner on February 24, 2020

Ketanji Brown Jackson at the Global Black Economic Forum at Essence Festival 2025

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Ketanji Brown Jackson

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In short, America has traditionally relied on the law to keep its Presidents in line.
Jul 2024, Dissenting Opinion, p. 21, Own words
I have dedicated my career to public service because I love this country and our Constitution and the rights that make us free.
Apr 8, 2022, Remarks at White House ceremony on Senate Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court (8 April 2022), Own words
On the day of his Supreme Court nomination, Justice [Stephen] Breyer said: "What is Law supposed to do, seen as a whole?
Mar 2022, Jackson's opening statement on Day 1 of the confirmation hearings, or March 21st, published by the Associated Press at "Text of Supreme, Own words

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About this person

Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Miami, Jackson moved through Harvard twice - undergraduate and law school - editing the Harvard Law Review before clerking for Stephen Breyer. She spent four years as vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission starting in 2010, then Barack Obama named her a federal district judge in 2013. Biden lifted her to the D.C. Circuit in 2021, where she spent less than a year before he nominated her to the Supreme Court in February 2022. The Senate confirmed her that spring, and she was sworn in to replace Breyer - forming, with Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, the Court's liberal bloc.

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