Ketanji Brown Jackson to be SCOTUS nominee

Woohooo!

This is great news.

Miami Debate.

Palmetto High School.

First African American woman.

First former public defender.

And first Floridian!

This blog started back on July 2, 2005, arguing that it was time for President Bush to appoint a Floridian to the Court:

There has been a great deal of discussion about whom Bush should appoint. But perhaps an equally important question is where this jurist should come from. Florida is the best choice.
No Floridian has ever been appointed to the Supreme Court. True, 18 other states are also unrepresented, but Florida's population is more than three times the size of the next largest of the 18, Wisconsin. 

The current court is made up of justices from Arizona (Rehnquist and O'Connor), Illinois (Stevens), New York (Ginsburg), Massachusetts (Stephen Breyer), California (Anthony Kennedy), Georgia (Clarence Thomas), Virginia (Antonin Scalia) and New Hampshire (David Souter). Certainly there is a place for a Floridian. Consider the fact that we have produced some of the major cases to go before the court (Bush vs. Gore) and that we have more than 75,000 lawyers and judges to choose from. Only California (55), New York (31) and Texas (34) have more electoral votes than Florida (27).

17 years later, it's going to happen! The only member of the Court that's the same as the blog start is Thomas.  Crazy. 

Congrats to a wonderful person, Ketanji Brown Jackson.  She will make an excellent Supreme Court Justice.