SCOTUS 101: Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?

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SCOTUS 101: Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?

Mar 18, 2022 1 min read

Commentary By

GianCarlo Canaparo

Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center

Zack Smith @tzsmith

Senior Legal Fellow, Meese Center for Legal Studies

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for photographs while visiting the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 17, 2022. Chip Somodevilla / Staff / Getty Images

In this special episode, your hosts moderate a three-way discussion all about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination. But first, we have some news about the lawsuit challenging the Texas heartbeat law and one opinion in a criminal-law case that sounds more like a law school exam than a real fact pattern.

>>> A Look at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Most Noteworthy Judicial Decisions

After discussing those developments, your hosts welcome Carrie Severino of The Judicial Crisis Network, Ed Whelan of the Ethics & Public Policy Center, and John Malcolm of The Heritage Foundation to discuss Judge Jackson's judicial philosophy (or lack thereof), how Republican Senators should approach her confirmation hearing, whether she'd have to recuse from the Harvard racial preferences case, and much more.

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