{"id":11060,"date":"2022-03-18T23:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=11060"},"modified":"2022-03-23T05:41:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:41:36","slug":"judge-jackson-the-first-black-woman-nominated-to-sit-in-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2022\/03\/18\/judge-jackson-the-first-black-woman-nominated-to-sit-in-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Jackson: The First Black Woman Nominated To Sit In The Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Elpidio R. Estioko

<\/em>President Joe Biden just made history by nominating a Black woman to join the United States Supreme Court. He nominated 51-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson, a judge in DC\u2019s federal appellate court.

Jackson had been considered the front-runner for the Supreme Court vacancy since Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement. In a White House press conference, Biden introduced Jackson in a moving speech:

\u201cFor too long, our government, our courts haven\u2019t looked like America. I believe it\u2019s time that we have a court that reflects the full talents and greatness of our nation with a nominee of extraordinary qualifications, and that will inspire all young people to believe that they can one day serve their country at the highest level.\u201d

Fifty-five years ago in 1967, we had the first Black justice in the Supreme Court with Judge Thurgood Marshall, a passionately progressive attorney who helped end school segregation. He was also known as Mr. Civil Rights because he was one of the architects of the civil rights movement.

Jackson\u2019s confirmation hearings will start on March 21, 2022. Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono will conduct the hearings as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In a private meeting with Jackson, Hirono said they discussed \u201cOne of her strengths would be her willingness and desire to listen to the perspectives of the other justices,\u201d said Hirono.

\u201cThere\u2019s no reason to wait around, in my view, because there is going to be a vacancy and it should be filled.\u00a0She is someone who wants to reach out to the other justices and be as persuasive as she can.\u201d

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell also met with Jackson recently. During a speech on the Senate floor, McConnell called Jackson a \u201csharp lawyer\u201d with an \u201cimpressive resume,\u201d but he did raise concerns of partisanship.

\u201cOur citizens need Justices who treat all parties fairly, apply our laws and Constitution as written, and leave legislating to us here in Congress,\u201d McConnell said.

The Associated Press reported that Republican Senator Susan Collins had words of praise for Jackson. She said that her discussions with the Supreme Court nominee were \u201cproductive and that her credentials are impressive.\u201d

Collins said: \u201c[Jackson] takes a very thorough, careful approach in applying the law to the facts of the case, and that is what I want to see in a judge.\u201d

However, she mentioned that she will wait to make a final decision whether to support Jackson after the confirmation hearings.

Collins, along with Alaska\u2019s Lisa Murkowski and South Carolina\u2019s Lindsey Graham, were the only three Republican senators who voted to confirm Jackson to the appeals court last year.

Murkowski said in a recent statement that her previous vote did not mean she would be supportive this time. For Graham, he said he won\u2019t vote for Jackson after he pushed Biden to pick a different candidate from his home state, federal Judge J. Michelle Childs.

Reports say that though historic, the choice of Jackson will not change the ideological makeup of the Supreme Court.

The court currently has six conservative justices and three liberal justices with the retiring Breyer comes from the liberal camp.

Biden\u2019s choice may somehow provide the much-needed push for his party and a chance for him to ignite the Democratic base that is less excited to vote in this year\u2019s midterm elections than it has been over the past several elections.

<\/em>The nomination process will now turn to the full Senate, where Biden\u2019s Democratic Party holds the thinnest possible majority.

Unlike for most major pieces of legislation, however, Democrats do not need Republican help this time to confirm a Supreme Court justice and can do it with their 50 votes and Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a deadlock.

<\/em>Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, Congressional Black Caucus Chair, said \u201cthe nomination is something that I will remember forever.\u201d

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey also commented that \u201cJackson will bring a new, necessary perspective to the court and will also be an inspiration to Black women and girls everywhere.\u201d

<\/em>Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida said she \u201cnever dreamed that, in my lifetime, I would see a Black woman nominated\u201d to the Supreme Court.

<\/em>Congratulations to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson!

ELPIDIO R. ESTIOKO<\/strong> was a veteran journalist in the Philippines and a multi-awarded journalist here in the US. For feedbacks, comments\u2026 please email the author at\u00a0<\/em>estiokoelpidio@gmail.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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