{"id":63,"date":"2022-04-05T08:26:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T08:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopethornton.com\/nmc\/production\/project-three\/news\/?p=63"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:23:03","slug":"blog-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopethornton.com\/nmc\/production\/project-three\/news\/blog-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What You Should Know About Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden\u2019s SCOTUS Nominee\ufffc\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If confirmed, Judge Ketanji would be the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\u00a0CHRISTEN A. JOHNSON<\/a> MAR 21, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The four-day confirmation hearings begin today for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden\u2019s selection for the open Supreme Court seat. The president announced Jackson as his nominee at the end of February, upholding his promise to select a Black woman for the role. If Jackson is confirmed, she would be the first Black woman ever to sit on the Supreme Court in its 233-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intensive hearings will be conducted by the Senate Judiciary Committee, with opening statements from senators and Jackson starting this morning. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Judge Jackson will be questioned by the committee, which is made up of 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans. The final day of the hearings will involve questions from senators about the American Bar Association, among other things, according to ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a high likelihood that Jackson will be confirmed since every Democrat\u2019s vote alone could solidify her\u2014even if all the Republican senators voted against her, explained the New York Times<\/a><\/em>. However, President Biden has made it clear that he\u2019d like to receive some votes from Republicans, where most of Jackson\u2019s pressing questions are likely to come from. Expect to hear interrogations from Republican Senator Mitch McConnell about if Jackson wants to add seats to the court, predicted the New York<\/em> Times, <\/em>and from his colleagues about her past as a public defender and her thoughts on abortion rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president offered Jackson the SCOTUS position on February 24, according to a CNN<\/a> source, <\/em>and she accepted. President Biden told audiences during his 2020 campaign trail that he wanted \u201ceveryone represented,\u201d and that included making \u201csure there\u2019s a Black woman on the Supreme Court,\u201d per CNN.<\/em>This content is imported from twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m proud to announce that I am nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court. Currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, she is one of our nation\u2019s brightest legal minds and will be an exceptional Justice.https:\/\/t.co\/iePvhz1YaA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Nzqv2AtN8h<\/a><\/p>— President Biden (@POTUS) February 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>