Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ascends to Supreme Court bench
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The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights. The new member of the court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, wasted no time engaging, asking questions throughout nearly two hours of arguments in the dispute over the nation’s main anti-water pollution law, the Clean Water Act.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson took the Supreme Court bench for the first time, quickly settling into her new role with lengthy questioning in high-stakes environmental case
Jackson's addition to the bench did not change the court's 6-3 conservative majority, but maintained it.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ascends to Supreme Court bench; public returns to courtroom
Monday’s arguments were the first time the justices were back hearing cases since issuing a landmark ruling stripping away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. And for the first time in two and a half years, since the court closed in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the public was allowed inside the courtroom.
Supreme Court holds investiture ceremony for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Photo: Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court held a formal investiture ceremony on Friday (September 30) for Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, per NBC News.President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended Friday’s event in support of Justice Jackson, the administration’s historic Supreme Court pick.The investiture ceremony purely serves as a formality since Jackson has already been…