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handle is hein.crs/govefii0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \Congressional ______ SResearch Service aIEEI The Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: Initial Observations February 28, 2022 On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit). If confirmed, Judge Jackson would fill the vacancy left by the upcoming retirement of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, whose jurisprudence is discussed in another Legal Sidebar. This Sidebar provides initial observations about Judge Jackson based on decisions she issued while serving on the federal bench. Who Is Judge Jackson? Judge Jackson currently serves on the D.C. Circuit, having been appointed to that position in June 2021. Previously, she served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia since 2013. If confirmed to the Supreme Court, Judge Jackson would be the first Black woman, and the sixth woman overall, to serve on the High Court. Judge Jackson received a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She clerked for three federal judges, including Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court, whom she described as an exemplary Justice during remarks on her nomination. Judge Jackson has experience in both private practice and public service. She worked at several law firms; most recently, from 2007 to 2010, she practiced appellate litigation with Morrison & Foerster LLP in Washington, D.C. From 2005 to 2007, she served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Washington, D.C. Her criminal defense experience is rare among recent Supreme Court nominees: if confirmed, she would be the first Justice since Thurgood Marshall to have spent significant time as a criminal defense attorney. Judge Jackson also served as Vice Chair and Commissioner of the U.S. Sentencing Commission from 2010 to 2014, and previously worked for the Commission as Assistant Special Counsel from 2003 to 2005. She would be the second Justice, after Justice Breyer, to have served as a Commissioner. What Would Judge Jackson's Appointment to the Supreme Court Mean? Although a Supreme Court nominee's prior judicial decisions, writings, and statements may provide some insight into how she will approach future cases, it is difficult to predict with certainty how a nominee might affect the Court's jurisprudence if confirmed. The Supreme Court often confronts novel legal Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov LSB10701 CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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