Biden Circuit Picks Highlight Public Defense Work at Hearing (2)

President Joe Biden’s first two federal appeals court nominees to come before the Senate described at their confirmation hearing how their experience as public defenders would influence their approach on the circuit bench.

“One of the things that I do now, is I take extra care to communicate with the defendants who come before me in the court room. I speak to them directly and not just to their lawyers. I use their names. I explain every stage of the proceeding,” said Ketanji Brown Jackson, who currently sits as a Washington federal trial court judge, in response to a ...