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Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court: 7 questions answered

  • Written by Alexis Karteron, Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
imageKetanji Brown Jackson at her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing as a nominee to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, on April 28, 2021.Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

President Joe Biden made good on his promise to nominate the first Black female justice to the Supreme Court when he announced that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson...

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