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Justice Breyer says Clarence Thomas is doing ‘fine’ following hospitalisation for ‘infection’

Justice was taken to hospital on Friday night for ‘infection,’ court says

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Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime featured during Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearings

U.S. Sen. James Eastland posed a question to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Thurgood Marshall during his August 1967 confirmation hearings.

The Conversation

High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race case

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson says that if confirmed to the Supreme Court she’d sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvard’s admission policies because she sits on the board of her college alma mater

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Clarence Thomas absent from Supreme Court for third straight day following hospitalisation for ‘infection’

Justice was taken to hospital on Friday night for ‘infection,’ court says

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How long do Supreme Court justices serve and what is the current political balance?

Newly confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will sit on high court following retirement of Stephen Breyer

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s path to Supreme Court nomination was paved by trailblazing Black women judges

Just five women and two African Americans, both men, are among the 115 people who have served on the United States’ highest court over more than two centuries. Both of those numbers may change in 2022, with President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a 51-year-old Washington, D.C.,…

The Conversation

Progressives speak up for Judge Jackson

Advocacy groups and other progressives call for a quick Supreme Court confirmation of the nominated judge

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Defending her record, Jackson back for 3rd day of hearings

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is returning to the Senate for a third day of hearings

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Biden Supreme Court pick Jackson fends off Republican barbs on second day of hearings

US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record of sentencing in child pornography cases and advocacy for terror suspects as she was grilled Tuesday in her bid to be the first Black woman on the country’s highest judicial bench.

France 24

Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s public defence history matters

She represented some of the most vulnerable people in the criminal justice system. Her perspective is vital for safeguarding constitutional rights under threat, advocates tell Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

Day 1 of SCOTUS confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson

By: Douglas Kronaizl

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Jackson faces initial round of questioning during hearings

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face senators’ questions for the first time as Democrats push to quickly confirm the only Black female justice in the court’s history

The Independent UK

US Senate begins grilling Biden Supreme Court nominee Jackson

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged on Monday to decide cases “without fear or favor” if the Senate confirms her historic nomination as the first Black woman on the high court.

France 24

Ketanji Brown Jackson has already made Supreme Court history. Here's what to expect from her confirmation hearing

If confirmed, the Harvard graduate would bring a unique perspective to the Supreme Court, dominated by white men for more than 200 years. As the Senate Judiciary Committee chair points out, "it's not easy being the first".

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Text of Supreme Court nominee Jackson's opening remarks

Text of the opening remarks by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to the Supreme Court, on the first day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as delivered March 21, 2022:

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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faces confirmation hearings: 7 questions answered

Confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be the first Black female justice on the Supreme Court, began on March 21, 2022. The dayslong process will see President Joe Biden’s pick for the bench grilled by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Salon

SCOTUS reveals Thomas hospitalized

Thomas, 73, is the oldest sitting justice apart from outgoing liberal justice Stephen Breyer

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What is the political make up of the Supreme Court, and how are justices selected?

The US Senate can confirm Stephen Breyer’s replacement without a single Republican vote

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Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?

Ms Jackson would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

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Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court pick?

As Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearings get under way, Al Jazeera examines her path to the United States’ top court.

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13 battleground elections for governor

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All smiles, Jackson tries for Senate reset on Supreme Court

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson may not get any Republican votes

Reason

If Biden Is Serious About Ending the Death Penalty, He Should Start Commuting Sentences

A Supreme Court ruling restoring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capital sentence and a congressional logjam makes it clear that only he can keep his campaign promise.

The Independent UK

Democrats see 'no reason to wait' on Supreme Court vote

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has begun courting senators on Capitol Hill, making her case for confirmation in private meetings as Democrats worked to move her nomination through the Senate within weeks

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Biden's past Supreme Court experience helped inform choice

President Joe Biden knows better than anyone the unexpected turns a Supreme Court nomination can take after it lands on Capitol Hill

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