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I had struggled like so many working moms to juggle motherhood and career. And it takes a lot of hard work to become a judge, to do the work of a judge, which I’ve done now for almost 10 years. You have a lot of cases. You don’t have that many resources, comparatively speaking, and it’s a lot of early mornings and late nights. What that means is that there will be hearings during your daughters’ recitals; there will be emergencies on birthdays that you have to handle.
[Y]ou don’t have to be a perfect mom. But if you do your best and love your children … things will turn out OK.
— Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, in response to Sen. Cory Booker, who asked her to elaborate on a “provocative” statement she made on the first day of her confirmation hearing, namely, that she sometimes has trouble finding the proper balance when it comes to completing her work and raising her daughters.
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