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handle is hein.crs/govefit0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ______ *Research Service informrng the qeislative debate since 1914___________________ Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: Selected Primary Material Updated March 3, 2022 On February 25, 2022, President Joseph Biden announced the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) to become an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. This nomination is to fill the impending vacancy on the Court caused by Justice Stephen Breyer's announcement of his intention to retire from the Court effective when the Court rises for the summer recess this year (typically late June or early July). This Sidebar contains reference information about Judge Jackson, including a biography; a list of publications she authored or coauthored; legislative documentation related to her previous nominations; a selection of her written opinions; a list of Supreme Court briefs to which she contributed; and additional resources. For more on Judge Jackson's notable decisions in areas of interest to Congress, please see The Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: Initial Observations. Biographical Sketch Judge Jackson currently is a judge on the D.C. Circuit, having been confirmed by the Senate on June 14, 2021. President Biden nominated Judge Jackson to the D.C. Circuit to fill the seat vacated by Judge Merrick B. Garland, and she received her commission on June 17, 2021. Before her appointment to the D.C. Circuit, Judge Jackson served as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (D.C. District Court). Judge Jackson was nominated for this seat by President Obama on January 4, 2013, confirmed on March 23, 2013, and received her commission on March 26, 2013. Judge Jackson was born in Washington, DC, in 1970. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1992, and graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1996. While at Harvard Law, Judge Jackson served as a supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review. Following her graduation, Judge Jackson served as a law clerk for Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. From 1997 to 1998, she clerked for Judge Bruce M. Selya of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. From 1999 to 2000, Judge Jackson was a law clerk for Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Jackson first entered private practice in 1998, working as an associate with Miller Cassidy Larroca & Lewin LLP. In 2000, she joined Goodwin Procter LLP, followed by the Feinberg Group, LLP (from Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov LSB10702 CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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