Whitney Traylor: Reflects on the Appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson

The moral curve of history is bending closer to the arc of equal justice for all.  With President Joe Biden’s appointment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court a move 232 years and 115 justices in the making. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s exemplary background reflects the Biden administration’s commitment to nominating exceptional judges at every level. Upon confirmation, Judge Jackson would not only have more experience than four of the current justices combined, but she would also be the first and only justice with experience as a public defender. Judge Jackson served as an assistant public defender from February 2005 to June 2007, before returning to work in corporate law. As a 2020 report from the Center for American Progress outlined, judges with more diverse professional experience improve jurisprudence so that it better acknowledges people’s unique lived experiences. Judge Jackson’s experience as a public defender deepens her understanding of the U.S. justice system and how it touches people’s lives. , Judge Jackson would replace former Justice Stephen Breyer, the justice for whom she clerked from 1999 to 2000. Judge Jackson’s clerkship experience provided her with an insider’s view of the operations of the court, as well as deep knowledge of Justice Breyer’s consensus-building approach to the role of justice. To dive deeper into this historic appointment, I enlisted the expertise of Whitney Traylor Legal Analyst at KUSA-TV, 9NEWS in greater Denver. Who joined me to discuss the legal and societal implications of this monumental moment and its impact on American history

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