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Ketanji Brown Jackson
March 25, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Marsha Blackburn Never Leaves a Culture-War Hot Button Unpressed
The Tennessee Republican bullied Ketanji Brown Jackson at least as much as the committee’s more famous men did. It’s not hard to guess why.
March 23, 2022
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Matt Ford
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearings Reveal Republicans’ Twisted Desire to Erase Civil Rights
Republican senators haven’t been shy about wanting to roll back the clock for women, LGBTQ people, and Black Americans.
March 23, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Ted Cruz Attacked Ketanji Brown Jackson for Affiliating With a Private School Like the One Where He Sends His Daughters
Washington’s Georgetown Day School does indeed teach inclusion—kind of like Houston’s elite St. John’s School.
March 21, 2022
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Matt Ford
Marsha Blackburn and Josh Hawley Greet Ketanji Brown Jackson With Bad-Faith Attacks
Their Republican colleagues seemed loath to join in during the first day of the Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation hearings.
March 21, 2022
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Maya Wiley
What Josh Hawley Would Bother to Learn About Ketanji Brown Jackson If He Weren’t Such a Demagogue
The Missouri Republican is planning on attacking Biden’s Supreme Court nominee at her hearing this week. It’s petty—but for larger reasons, it’s also tragic.
March 17, 2022
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Matt Ford
The Pandemic Brought New Levels of Transparency to the Supreme Court. Why End It?
Real-time audio broadcasts of oral arguments have been a tremendous boon to our civic life and should be made permanent.
March 4, 2022
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Maya Wiley
What, Exactly, Do Republicans Find So Troubling About Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Sure, it’s ideology to some extent. But she’s impeccably qualified for a Supreme Court seat. Gee, what else could it be?
March 2, 2022
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Grace Segers
Ketanji Brown Jackson Launches Her Congressional Charm Offensive
Biden’s Supreme Court nominee met with Senate leaders on Wednesday, kicking off what Democrats hope will be a quick confirmation process.
February 25, 2022
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Matt Ford
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court—and Fulfills a Promise
The judge will be the first Black woman nominated to the high court, as well as the first federal public defender.
February 17, 2022
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Matt Ford
Will Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Be the Next Great Dissenter?
The high court’s next justice won’t be on the winning side of many major cases. But even in defeat, she might sow the seeds for future victories.
February 1, 2022
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Matt Ford
The Offensive GOP Arguments Against Nominating a Black Woman to the Supreme Court
Despite what Republican critics would have you believe, the president’s candidates to replace Breyer are eminently qualified.
January 31, 2022
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Michael Tomasky
The Republicans’ Thoroughly Vile, Perfectly Predictable Reaction to Biden’s Supreme Court Plan
They just can’t help themselves.
January 27, 2022
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Grace Segers
Republicans Might Throw a Fit Over Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee, but They’re Powerless to Stop It
The GOP can slow down the confirmation process for Stephen Breyer’s replacement, but the Democrats almost certainly have the votes to confirm her.
January 26, 2022
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Maya Wiley
Make History and Keep Your Word, Mr. President: Nominate a Black Woman
And it should probably be Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is far more qualified than Clarence Thomas was when he was nominated. It’s time to fight.
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