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What Next: President Biden’s First Supreme Court Pick

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English - February 28, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratings
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President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill Justice Breyer’s seat on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to hold a seat on the court. What does her backstory say about her as a jurist? 

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate. 

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President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill Justice Breyer’s seat on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to hold a seat on the court. What does her backstory say about her as a jurist? 


Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate. 


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