Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation: Cases You Need to Know

Republicans looking for fodder to question Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings will rely on her more than 500 rulings as a federal trial court judge since 2013 and two from her brief tenure on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Jackson’s 2021 appellate court confirmation hearing provides hints to which rulings GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are likely to focus on during two days of questioning. At least one issue from her years a public defender has also generated attention.

Here are the cases most likely to come up.

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