Published 2 years ago

Jackson is active questioner as she hears first argument as Supreme Court justice

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, appointed by President Biden, seemed to be generally aligned with the court's other two liberal justices. The justices heard arguments for the first time since issuing a landmark ruling stripping away women's constitutional protections for abortion. The court has also agreed to hear a dispute that returns the issue of free speech and LGBTQ rights to the court.

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In Supreme Court debut, Justice Jackson grills attorney challenging EPA power under Clean Water Act

In her Supreme Court debut Monday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked numerous questions, grilling an attorney challenging the EPA's power under the Clean Water Act.

2 years ago·United States

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The Hill

Jackson is active questioner as she hears first argument as Supreme Court justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest justice and the first Black woman to hold the position, proved one of the most active questioners on the bench Monday during her first argument at the High Court as the justices kicked off a new term. Bedecked in the customary black robe, Jackson occupied a seat at […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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Bloomberg

Justice Jackson Dives Into Supreme Court Divide in First Arguments

2 years ago·United States

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Portland Press Herald

New justice joins bench as Supreme Court hears dispute over Clean Water Act

The court began its new term on Monday, when several conservative justices seemed skeptical of wetlands regulation in a case that tests the reach of the Clean Water Act beyond rivers, lakes and streams.

2 years ago·Portland, United States

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Bloomberg Law

Jackson Dives Into Supreme Court Ideological Split in First Case

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson jumped right into the US Supreme Court’s ideological divide in her first argument Monday, siding with other liberals in advocating to preserve the EPA’s authority to regulate wetlands.

2 years ago·Arlington, United States

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jurist.org

US Supreme Court hears Clean Water Act case over wetlands

The US Supreme Court Monday heard its first oral arguments of the term in Sackett v. EPA over whether wetlands are “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act (CWA).The controversy arose in 2007 when “without a CWA permit, [petitioner Michael Sackett]—who operated a commercial construction and excavation business—dumped approximately 1700 cubic yards of gravel and sand to fill the wetlands and prepare the site for building.” After a …

2 years ago

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