UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND LAW PROFESSOR LARRY BS.GI THIS DOMITIONNA IS CONFIRMED. >> A HISTORY MAKING VICE PRESIDENT KAMLA HARRIS ANNOUNCING THE CONFIRMATION AOF HISTORY MAKING SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. KATANJI BROWN JACKSON ISHE T FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVEN O THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COT.UR THURGOOD MARSHALL WOULBED ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED >> MARSHALL, THE FIRST BLACK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE HAILED FR BOMALTIMORE. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND LAW PROFESSOR LARRY GIBSON STUEDDI MARSHALL WHEN WRITING YOUNG THURGOOD, THE MAKING OF A SUPREME COURT JUSTIC GIBSON SAYS THE JUSTICE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ANOTHER BLACK WOMAN ATTAIN A FIR >> H HIRED THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE LAW CLERK ON THE SUPREME COURT. >> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE COUNY? >> ARE COMING TO THE COURT IS JUST ANOTHER BARRIER THAHAT S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN. >> JACKSON, 51 IS AN APPEALS COURT JUDGE WITH 9 YEARS EXPERIENCE ON THE FEDERAL BENCH. SHE ATTENDED HARVARD UNIVERSY,IT SERVED AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER, WORKED AT A PRIVATE LAW FIRM AND SERVED ON THE U.S. SENTENCGIN COMMISSION. WHEN YOU ADD THE EXPERIENCES THEY HAVE. WHENHE S IS ONE THAT IS THE MOST EVER TO BE PUT — >> THE COURT IS NOTNE O STEP CLOSER TO REPRESENTING THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. >> WITH THIS APPOINTMENT AND WHEN SHE’S SWORN IN THERE WLIL NOW BE FOUR WOMEN ON THE SUPME COURT BUT KEEP IN MI WNDOMEN MAKE UP SLIGHTLY MORE THAN HALF OF THE US POPULATIONO STHAT’S SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. >> LISA ROBINSON WBATV
Author: Jackson’s confirmation to Supreme Court marks significant progress for America
‘(She) is one of the most qualified persons ever put to be put on the Supreme Court’
Updated: 5:39 PM EDT Apr 7, 2022
A Maryland legal scholar who knows all too well what makes a great Supreme Court justice says significant progress is in the making.History was made Thursday afternoon as Vice President Kamala Harris announced the Senate’s confirmation of Katanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.| SPECIAL SERIES: ‘Clarified’: How Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is making historyLarry Gibson, a professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law and author of “Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice,” said Marshall was instrumental in helping another Black woman attain a first.”Thurgood Marshall would be absolutely delighted,” Gibson said. “He hired the first Black female law clerk on the Supreme Court.”When asked what Jackson’s confirmation means for the country, Gibson said: “Her coming to the court is just another barrier that has been knocked down as we make progress toward America realizing its stated objective for equal justice or all.”Jackson, 51 is an appeals court judge with nine years of experience on the federal bench. She attended Harvard University, served as a public defender, worked at a private law firm and served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission.| RELATED: Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson? A look at the personal and legal record of the SCOTUS nominee”When you have the various experiences she had — academic and judicial — she is one of the most qualified persons ever put to be put on the Supreme Court,” Gibson said.Gibson said the court is now one step closer to representing the population of the United States.”With this appointment, and when she’s sworn in, there will now be four women on the Supreme Court, but keep in mind, women make up slightly more than half of the U.S. population, so that’s significant progress,” Gibson said. “That’s something Thurgood Marshall would be pleased about.”Maryland U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, who voted to confirm Jackson, released a statement, saying: “As a senator, one of the most important responsibilities I have under the constitution is whether to provide my consent to a president’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. Today, I cast my vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court because she is one of the most qualified individuals ever nominated to this lifetime position.”She has sterling legal credentials, depth of knowledge, immense integrity and — as we witnessed over days of marathon hearings — incredible judicial temperament. The Supreme Court makes profound decisions every day that affect the lives of people across this country and it is clear that Judge Jackson will work to preserve and protect the constitution, and to make sure that all Americans are treated equally under the law.”This is an historic day for our nation. As both the first public defender and first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, Judge Jackson will bring needed diversity of perspective and experience to the court. Based on her record, I believe she will be a powerful, consensus-building jurist, as well as a role model for so many.”Maryland U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who voted to confirm Jackson, released a statement, saying: “With today’s vote, both Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and the United States Senate made history. I was proud to vote to make her ‘Justice Jackson’ and to participate in this historic moment in our democracy. Over the past few weeks — and throughout her career — Judge Jackson has proven how imminently qualified and prepared she is for this role. Like Marylander Thurgood Marshall before her, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a trailblazer, and I know she will uphold the injunction emblazoned on the entrance to the Supreme Court: ‘Equal Justice Under Law.'”
A Maryland legal scholar who knows all too well what makes a great Supreme Court justice says significant progress is in the making.
History was made Thursday afternoon as Vice President Kamala Harris announced the Senate’s confirmation of Katanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
| SPECIAL SERIES: ‘Clarified’: How Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is making history
Larry Gibson, a professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law and author of “Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice,” said Marshall was instrumental in helping another Black woman attain a first.
“Thurgood Marshall would be absolutely delighted,” Gibson said. “He hired the first Black female law clerk on the Supreme Court.”
When asked what Jackson’s confirmation means for the country, Gibson said: “Her coming to the court is just another barrier that has been knocked down as we make progress toward America realizing its stated objective for equal justice or all.”
Jackson, 51 is an appeals court judge with nine years of experience on the federal bench. She attended Harvard University, served as a public defender, worked at a private law firm and served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
| RELATED: Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson? A look at the personal and legal record of the SCOTUS nominee
“When you have the various experiences she had — academic and judicial — she is one of the most qualified persons ever put to be put on the Supreme Court,” Gibson said.
Gibson said the court is now one step closer to representing the population of the United States.
“With this appointment, and when she’s sworn in, there will now be four women on the Supreme Court, but keep in mind, women make up slightly more than half of the U.S. population, so that’s significant progress,” Gibson said. “That’s something Thurgood Marshall would be pleased about.”
Maryland U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, who voted to confirm Jackson, released a statement, saying: “As a senator, one of the most important responsibilities I have under the constitution is whether to provide my consent to a president’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. Today, I cast my vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court because she is one of the most qualified individuals ever nominated to this lifetime position.
“She has sterling legal credentials, depth of knowledge, immense integrity and — as we witnessed over days of marathon hearings — incredible judicial temperament. The Supreme Court makes profound decisions every day that affect the lives of people across this country and it is clear that Judge Jackson will work to preserve and protect the constitution, and to make sure that all Americans are treated equally under the law.
“This is an historic day for our nation. As both the first public defender and first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, Judge Jackson will bring needed diversity of perspective and experience to the court. Based on her record, I believe she will be a powerful, consensus-building jurist, as well as a role model for so many.”
Maryland U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who voted to confirm Jackson, released a statement, saying: “With today’s vote, both Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and the United States Senate made history. I was proud to vote to make her ‘Justice Jackson’ and to participate in this historic moment in our democracy. Over the past few weeks — and throughout her career — Judge Jackson has proven how imminently qualified and prepared she is for this role. Like Marylander Thurgood Marshall before her, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a trailblazer, and I know she will uphold the injunction emblazoned on the entrance to the Supreme Court: ‘Equal Justice Under Law.'”
