Johnny Brown, Justice Jackson’s father, passes away at 80

Johnny Brown, Justice Jackson’s father, passes away at 80

Johnny Brown, the father of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, died on Wednesday, according to an obituary published in the Miami Herald on Friday afternoon. He was 80 years old.Jackson appeared on Tuesday night in a conversation at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Alaska Public Media reported that the end of her visit “came abruptly and without a clear reason,” while an Alaskan television station indicated that Jackson’s appearance was “cut shor…

Johnny Brown, father of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dead at 80

Johnny Brown, the longtime Miami-Dade County Public Schools attorney whose quiet influence helped shape one of the most consequential Supreme Court careers in modern history, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 80. Brown spent more than two decades in the school district’s legal office, rising to become its top attorney from 1999 to 2005....