What we know about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

The federal appeals court judge is now the first Black woman nominated to serve on the nation’s highest court.

By Nereida Moreno
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is The First Black Woman Nominated To The Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is The First Black Woman Nominated To The Supreme Court

What we know about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

The federal appeals court judge is now the first Black woman nominated to serve on the nation’s highest court.

By Nereida Moreno
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President Joe Biden on Friday named Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his pick to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. She would replace liberal Justice Stephen Breyer who is retiring at the end of the summer.

Reset talks to two law professors about the nomination, which would make Jackson the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court in its 223-year history.

GUESTS: Joyce A. Hughes, professor emerita at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law

Samuel Jones, law professor and associate dean at the University of Illinois, Chicago School of Law