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Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Basically Already A Supreme Court Justice Now

BLSAs everywhere have been preparing for this.

By Chris Williams on March 30, 2022 2:34 pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Nominations For Judges

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After crunching the numbers and mathing the math, it looks like Judge Ketanji is about to become one of the Judgiest Judges this side of the Mississippi with Susan Collins’s support.

“After reviewing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s extensive record, watching much of her hearing testimony, and meeting with her twice in person, I have concluded that she possesses the experience, qualifications, and integrity to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court,” Collins said in her statement. “I will, therefore, vote to confirm her to this position.”

This is good news! Given that there was a hubbub over her LSAT scores of all things, I was worried that this was going to be a down-to-the-wire voting process. Surprisingly, it’s looking to be bipartisan.

This will likely guarantee her confirmation, barring sandal-maker levels of flip-flopping, of course.

I look forward to Ketanji Brown Jackson settling in to her lifetime appointment. And as it stands, the majority of this nation does as well.

Susan Collins Will Vote To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, Becoming First GOP Senator To Back Biden’s Supreme Court Pick [CNN]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.