Ketanji Brown Jackson reportedly ranks high on President Biden’s shortlist to replace the retiring Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. Here's what to know about her
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Photo: The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Images On Wednesday, Justice Stephen Breyer announced his impending retirement from the Supreme Court.
There is no definite word on that yet, but many people are saying Ketanji Brown Jackson could rank high on his shortlist. A judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit, Jackson previously clerked for Breyer and secured her current position in June, with all 50 Democratic senators and even three Republicans affirming Biden’s appointment. Were her nomination to go through, Jackson would become the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court.
Before she landed on the appellate court , Jackson spent eight years as a federal district court judge. In addition to working in private law firms, she has also served as a public defender and is a double Harvard grad. She was vice-chair of the United States Sentencing Commission between 2010 and 2014, retroactively reducing thousands of crack-cocaine-related sentences and cutting sentences for many other types of federal drug offense.
Jackson featured on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court shortlist in 2016 and is, according to NPR’s June assessment, a “hot prospect” for Biden’s nomination. On the campaign trail, he talked about naming a Black woman to the bench, which has historically remained overwhelmingly white and male. Still, Jackson’s is not the only name bouncing around out there. Many outlets point to California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger as another leading possibility.
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