Newly confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will deliver remarks from the South Lawn of the White House today. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will also speak.
Her confirmation fulfills a major campaign promise from Biden, who pledged to name a Black woman to the high court.
It is possible that Jackson could be the only Supreme Court justice that Biden has the opportunity to see through the confirmation process. Democrats could lose control of the evenly divided Senate after this fall's midterm elections giving Republicans the votes to block confirmation of any further nominees.
Two justices were successfully confirmed during Barack Obama's presidency. During his term in office, Donald Trump named three justices to the court.whether he would hold hearings for any future Biden Supreme Court pick if Republicans regain control of the chamber., Obama's nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, saying the winner of the pending presidential election should appoint Scalia's successor.
After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death before the 2020 presidential election, McConnell went against his precedent and confirmed Trump nomineeEric McDaniel Eric McDaniel edits the NPR Politics Podcast. He joined the program ahead of its 2019 relaunch as a daily podcast.Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS.
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