SUPREME COURT
2022 CONSERVATIVE JUSTICE SUPERMAJORITY
After sharp right turn, U.S. Supreme Court conservatives step on the gas
By Andrew Chung, Reuters.com | September 29, 2022 12:15 AM CDT |
QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
"Following a term when its conservatives delivered blockbuster rulings curtailing abortion access and widening gun rights, the court returns from a summer recess ready to tackle more major cases. Potential rulings in upcoming cases could end affirmative action policies used by colleges and universities to increase campus racial diversity, hobble a federal law called the Voting Rights Act and make it easier for businesses to refuse service to LGBT people based on free-speech rights...."
SCOTUS Rulings Last Term Show What to Look for Next The supermajority has made clear that judicial restraint won't stand in the way of the goals of the conservative legal movement.
By Madiba Dennie, Brennan Center.org | September 28, 2022 |
Supreme Court Nominations (1789-Present) [Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed 53-47 on 4/7/2022]
The [U.S.] Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court (4/7/2022)
Ketanji Brown Jackson grabs the spotlight in first Supreme Court session Unlike some rookie justices, Jackson wasn't reticent when the court opened session on Monday.
By Josh Gerstein, Politico | October 3, 2022 07:12 PM EDT |
Biden delivers remarks following Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation — 4/8/2022 (CNBC)[South Lawn, The White House]
Remarks by President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Senate’s Historic, Bipartisan Confirmation of Judge Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (White House Briefing Room Transcript)
The truth about diversity on the Supreme Court
Zach Wolf. Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN | Updated 6:44 PM ET, Tue February 1, 2022 |
Remarks by President Biden on his Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (February 25, 2022)
United States Circuit Judge (District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals) Ketanji Brown Jackson bio [NOTE: Ms. Jackson has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate three times, the most recent in June 2021.]
[Former Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan backs Ketanji Brown Jackson as Biden's Supreme Court pick Former 1st District representative has family connection to nominee
By Christine Hatfield, Wisconsin Public Radio | Published: Friday, February 25, 2022, 2:45PM |
Cruz and Cornyn already voted against Ketanji Brown Jackson last year when she was confirmed to a lower court President Joe Biden announced Jackson as his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning. If confirmed, she’d be the nation’s first Black woman to sit on the high court.
By Andrew Zhang, Texas Tribune | February 25, 2022 Updated 23 hours ago [it being 2/26/2022 at 4:36 PM right now] |
It is worth noting that both U.S. senators from Texas John Cornyn and Ted Cruz sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ms Jackson will need a favorable vote from this committee before her nomination goes to the entire Senate. [FROM same Texas Tribune article.]
Also, Ms. Jackson does NOT need 60 votes to be confirmed. The 60-vote rule was changed when President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Justice Gorsuch was confirmed in a 54-45 vote. Justice Kavanaugh: 50-48. Justice Barrett: 52-48. [FROM same Texas Tribune article.]
6 takeaways from Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings
By Melissa Quinn, CBS News.com | March 24, 2022 2:47 PM |
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: What happened Thursday
By Barbara Sprunt, NPR | March 24, 2022 3:25 PM ET |
Takeaways: Civil rights, Trump close out Jackson hearing The historic Senate hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who's the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court, have been joyful, combative and clarifying
By Lisa Mascaro, AP Congressional Correspondent / ABC News Wire Story. Associated Press writers Colleen Long and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report. | March 26, 2022 3:21 PM |
Booker: Jackson confirmation hearing "outrageous and beyond the pale"
By Julia Shapero, Axios | March 27, 2022 |
CONTROVERSIAL SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS IN THE PAST
1987: Robert Bork
How Robert Bork's Failed Nomination Led to a Changed Supreme Court: President Reagan took three tries to get a Supreme Court nomination approved—and the outcome would have far-reaching consequences for the Court and the country.
By Sarah Pruitt, History.com | Original date September 21, 2018 | Updated October 28, 2018 |
1991: Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas confirmed to the Supreme Court
History.com | Original Published Date: February 9, 2010 Last Updated: October 14, 2020 |
2018: Brett Kavanaugh
Why the ACLU Opposes Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination to the Supreme Court
By Susan N. Herman, ACLU | October 3, 2018 4 PM |
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