Monday, August 17, 2020

It is very possible that the next Supreme Court Justice went to high school in Miami

Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Miami Palmetto High School grad, is on Biden’s short list.  She currently sits on the district bench in D.C.  She was a star debater in high school. I got to know her as she was a few years ahead of me in high school (I went to Killian) and a year ahead of me at law school.  She’s a great person.  A former PD, she would be a wonderful addition to the Court.  

Here’s what Noah Feldman has to say:

Joe Biden has fulfilled his promise to choose a woman as his running mate. Let’s turn our attention to another promise he made: to name a Black woman to the Supreme Court. A number of women with different kinds of legal experience have been suggested by NGOs and journalists. But to legal insiders, Biden’s options narrow down very quickly to two names: Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court, and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the federal district court in Washington, D.C. 
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Jackson became a federal judge in 2013. There was no major fight over her nomination, probably because it was for a district court position, which is not the traditional path to the Supreme Court. (Of the current justices, only Justice Sonia Sotomayor was a district court judge, and she followed that with a long stint on the court of appeals.) She’s now just shy of her 50th birthday. Jackson’s national profile rose significantly in 2019 when she presided over a case in which the House Judiciary Committee sought to enforce its subpoena against Donald McGahn, the former White House counsel. Jackson’s opinion rejected the Trump administration’s claim of absolute immunity and insisted that “presidents are not kings.” No comparably high-profile case has come before Kruger.

7 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:06 AM

    Too old. We need to put up a 35-year old flaming liberal wacko, who for 50 years will tourture the right wing. Same with district bench.

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  2. Anonymous9:45 AM

    She's not going to help your clients. Check her record.

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  3. Anonymous11:40 AM

    945

    Why would you think Biden would choose someone based on their record?

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  4. Anonymous8:35 PM

    Get ready to say Justice Amy Coney Barrett

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  5. Anonymous9:27 PM

    Judge Robin Rosenbaum would be my pick. She is the greatest.

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  6. Anonymous12:04 PM

    11:40 you are obvi a Trumper. Try reading. The post asks for David to check her record because he was extolling her virtues. If she's selected he's likely to be disappointed.

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  7. Lucky Luck8:18 AM

    Ummmmm what bout me?..

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