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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal judge being considered for US Supreme Court nomination: Law Journal
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:18pm EST
Federal judge being considered for US Supreme Court nomination: Law Journal
WASHINGTON
Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal trial judge in Washington, is being considered to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the National Law Journal reported on Friday, citing a lawyer who was contacted as part of the vetting process.
The unidentified lawyer was contacted this week and was asked about Jackson's tenure on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the context of her being a potential nominee for the Supreme Court, the Journal said.
The lawyer described the conversation, which lasted less than 30 minutes, as a "preliminary inquiry," the Journal reported.
The White House did not respond immediately to a request for comment on the Journal story.
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Federal judge being considered for US Supreme Court nomination: Law Journal
WASHINGTON
Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal trial judge in Washington, is being considered to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the National Law Journal reported on Friday, citing a lawyer who was contacted as part of the vetting process.
The unidentified lawyer was contacted this week and was asked about Jackson's tenure on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the context of her being a potential nominee for the Supreme Court, the Journal said.
The lawyer described the conversation, which lasted less than 30 minutes, as a "preliminary inquiry," the Journal reported.
The White House did not respond immediately to a request for comment on the Journal story.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obama-jackson-idUSKCN0W003J
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Federal judge being considered for US Supreme Court nomination: Law Journal (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2016
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Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)1. She sounds wonderful from what I have read about her so far
"If nominated and confirmed Jackson, 45, would be the first African-American woman on the Supreme Court."
Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)2. The Senate confirmed her before.
Her nomination for District Judge for the US, was reported to the full Senate of the Senate Judiciary Committee and was confirmed in 2013.
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Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)6. Racially offensive post
Arazi
(6,829 posts)3. She's related to Speaker Paul Ryan through marriage!
Brilliant move Obama! !!!!
Put the Republicans on the hot seat and have them snub Paul Ryan's family member
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/potential-supreme-court-nominee-family-house-speaker-paul/story?id=37187861
MsLeopard
(1,265 posts)7. And I LOVE the thought
of a black female taking over Scalia's seat. Oh please let it be so!!
Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. I guarantee you everybody higher than county circuit clerk is at least being glanced at right now
Just kind of how it runs nowadays
Arazi
(6,829 posts)8. I wonder if the fact that she lives in Washington is also a factor
Whoever is selected will have to at least try to play the confirmation game of trying to meet the Senators. If you're from out if state, then that's a lot of time wasted on the futile effort.
In DC already? No problem when/if a Senator blows you off - you just stay at work and keep on keeping on while the Senator looks shitty
hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)9. I like that she's black and was a public defender for some years......
Other than gun rights and free speech rights for the rich, I think that the Conservative Court has been really bad for individual liberty of regular people.
I think somebody with her background might be more sympathetic to police brutality and privacy issues than some of the others.