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Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson (née Brown; / k ə ˈ t ɑː n dʒ i / kə-TAHN-jee; born September 14, 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Judicial Nominations and Appointments
- Biography
- Approach to The Law
- About The Courts
- Supreme Court Statistics
- Noteworthy Supreme Court Cases
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Supreme Court of the United States
1. 1.1. See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden On February 28, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Jackson as a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.She was confirmed by a 53-47 vote of the U.S. Senate on April 7, 2022. To read more about Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, click here. To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
1. 1.1. See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden On April 19, 2021, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Jackson to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was confirmed by a 53-44 vote of the U.S. Senate on June 14, 2021. Jackson received commission on June 17, 2021. To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
1. 1.1. See also: Federal judges nominated by Barack Obama On September 20, 2012, President Barack Obama (D) nominated Jackson to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jackson by voice vote on March 23, 2013. She received commission on March 26. To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
Early life and education
Jackson was born in 1970 in Washington, D.C. She then moved with her family to Florida, where she graduated from Miami Palmetto High School in 1988. She received a bachelor's degree in government, magna cum laude, and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard University in 1992 and 1996, respectively. She served as the supervising editor of the Harvard Law Reviewfrom 1995 to 1996.
Professional career
1. 2022-present: Justice, United States Supreme Court 2. 2021-2022: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 3. 2013-2021: Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia 4. 2010-2014:Vice chair/Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission 5. 2007-2010: Of counsel (Private practice), Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C. 6. 2005-2007:Assistant federal public defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender 7. 2003-2005:Assistant speci...
Martin-Quinn score
Jackson's Martin-Quinn score following the 2022-2023 term was −1.71, making her the second-most liberal justice on the court at that time. Martin-Quinn scores were developed by political scientists Andrew Martin and Kevin Quinn from the University of Michigan, and measure the justices of the Supreme Court along an ideological continuum. The further from zero on the scale, the more conservative (>0) or liberal (<0) the justice. The chart below details every justice's Martin-Quinn score for the...
U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the country and leads the judicial branch of the federal government. It is often referred to by the acronym SCOTUS. The Supreme Court consists of nine justices: the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices. The justices are nominated by the president and confirmed with the "advice and consent" of the United States Senate per Article II of the United States Constitution. As federal judges, the justice...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a federal appellate court with appellate jurisdiction. It hears appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and its rulings may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. This court should not be confused with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which is equivalent to a state supreme court in the District of Columbia, or with the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, whose...
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is one of 94 United States district courts. Cases dealing with the laws of the District of Columbia are heard by this court only under the same circumstances that would cause a case under state law to come before a federal court. Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court sits in the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse located on Constitution Avenue NW...
Opinions by year
Below is a table of the number of opinions, concurrences, and dissents that Jackson has issued since joining the Supreme Court according to a dataset provided by Dr. Adam Feldman, author of Empirical SCOTUS. Data for the 2022-2023 term does not include concurrences and dissents in part.
Justice agreement
An agreement rate indicates how often two justices were on the same side of the court's decision. A disagreement rate indicates how often two justices were on opposite sides of the court's decision. In the 2022-2023 term, Jackson had the highest agreement rate with Sonia Sotomayor. Jackson had the lowest agreement rate with Clarence Thomas.This does not include agreements in part.
Frequency in majority
In the 2022-2023 term, Jackson was in the majority in 84 percent of decisions. She was in the majority more often than four other justices.
The noteworthy cases listed in this section include any case where the justice authored a 5-4 majority opinion or an 8-1 dissent. Other cases may be included in this section if they set or overturn an established legal precedent, are a major point of discussion in an election campaign, receive substantial media attention related to the justice's ru...
Legal challenges to President Trump's civil service executive orders
1. 1.1. See also: Civil Service Reform Act, E.O. 13836, E.O. 13837, and E.O. 13839 The following timeline identifies key events in a 2018-2019 lawsuit, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, et. al. v. Trump, brought by a group of federal employee unions against President Donald Trump's (R) three civil service executive orders issued in May 2018: Executive Order 13837, Executive Order 13836, and Executive Order 13839.
Apr 7, 2022 · The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to be elevated to the pinnacle of the judicial branch in what her supporters...
Apr 7, 2022 · WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to be elevated to the pinnacle of the judicial branch in what her...
Apr 7, 2022 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving...
Jun 30, 2022 · CNN — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as an associate justice to the United States Supreme Court, making history as the first Black woman on the highest court in the nation.
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Mar 23, 2022 · Ketanji Brown Jackson. US President Joe Biden's Supreme Court pick is taking questions on her career and record from lawmakers on a key Senate panel over the next two days. If the 22-member...
