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Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman confirmed to US supreme court

Jackson confirmed 53 votes to 47, and will become first Black woman to serve in court’s more than 200-year history

The Guardian - US

What is ‘Borking’? How last rejected Supreme Court nominee went down and why it didn’t work this time

The last time the party out of power derailed a Supreme Court nomination was 1987, but both parties keep trying to repeat that feat, Andrew Feinberg writes

The Independent UK

Democrats revel in history during Supreme Court confirmation vote - Roll Call

Democrats marked Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court with smiles, tears and cheers.

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Biden news – live: Psaki slams Greg Abbott’s migrant bus ‘stunt’ as Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to SCOTUS

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The Independent UK

Biden news – live: Pelosi Covid-positive hours after president event as Ketanji Brown Jackson to be confirmed

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The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US top court

US Senate confirms Jackson to the Supreme Court in what Democratic Party leader calls ‘joyous day’ for the country.

Al Jazeera

Senate set to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, the end of a historic nomination process streaked with acrimony even for a justice who will not alter the court’s current conservative tilt.

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Jimmy Kimmel laughs off Marjorie Taylor Greene calling police after joke

‘Officer? I would like to report a joke’

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black woman on US supreme court – as it happened

Joe Biden’s nominee is confirmed by Senate in 53-47 vote

The Guardian - US

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy - Roll Call

After another contentious confirmation process, she will be the first Black woman and former public defender on the high court.

Roll Call

Commentary: We believe in ‘innocent until proved guilty’ — unless a defense attorney is up for office

I have had a very satisfying 57-year legal career — with a few more to come, I hope. I was a prosecutor who sent a number of murderers to the penitentiary, I served an East African country as a Peace Corps volunteer, and I tried cases on behalf of poor…

Chicago Tribune

LZ Granderson: Stand back, because Lindsey Graham keeps flip-flopping like crazy

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is expected to be confirmed this week after a bipartisan group of senators voted on Monday to advance her nomination. So far only three Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — have said they will support Jackson.…

Los Angeles Times

Senate poised to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court

The Senate is expected to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his historic pick

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson on track for Thursday vote on history-making Supreme Court confirmation

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on track for a Supreme Court confirmation vote this week as Republicans signaled they would not seek to stall her history-making appointment.

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The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene reports Jimmy Kimmel to Capitol Police for joke about Will Smith slapping her

Late-night comedian later called Georgia Republican ‘scum’ in Tuesday monologue

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Democratic Party chair rips ‘maggot-infested’ Tom Cotton and ‘fascism’ of GOP

Jamie Harrison says GOP doesn’t ‘deserve’ to be in power while it embraces far right

Salon

Sinema on revised BBB: Not so fast

Sinema, who opposes rolling back the Trump tax cuts for the wealthy, says a slimmed-down bill is "unlikely"

Chicago Sun-Times

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a menace to decency

In the wake of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Greene took to social media to smear the soon-to-be justice and the senators who will be voting to confirm her, including three Republicans.

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The Independent UK

Josh Hawley says women are ‘people who give birth’ then gets in a muddle over vaginas

The Arkansas Republican stumbled to define what a woman before muddling over what a ‘vagina’ was

The Independent UK

After series of gaffes Marjorie Taylor Greene is ridiculed for calling Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘ignorant’

Georgia congresswoman labels GOP senators supporters of pedophilia for support of Biden’s SCOTUS nominee

Salon

A "little maggot-infested man"

"Judge Jackson has also shown real interest in helping terrorists," Cotton said during a floor speech

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Time to confirm a clearly qualified judge

The U.S. Senate should confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who clearly is qualified to ascend to the Supreme Court. As the first Black woman ever to be appointed to that court, and as a jurist of calm, distinction and intellectual heft, she deserves more bipartisan support.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: To score cheap points, Congress shuns a great Floridian

When it seemed that Republicans in Congress couldn’t stoop any lower, they did.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court

Jackson's likely confirmation is the latest example of the federal judiciary becoming more diverse

Los Angeles Times

‘Clearly ludicrous’ smears fly in Republican-on-Republican attacks

For the second time in two weeks, GOP lawmakers have found themselves the targets of outlandish, evidence-free attacks — lobbed by fellow Republicans.

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