Federal judge being considered for US Supreme Court nomination: Law Journal

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:18pm EST

Federal judge being considered for US Supreme Court nomination: Law Journal

WASHINGTON

Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal trial judge in Washington, is being considered to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the National Law Journal reported on Friday, citing a lawyer who was contacted as part of the vetting process.

The unidentified lawyer was contacted this week and was asked about Jackson's tenure on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the context of her being a potential nominee for the Supreme Court, the Journal said.

The lawyer described the conversation, which lasted less than 30 minutes, as a "preliminary inquiry," the Journal reported.

The White House did not respond immediately to a request for comment on the Journal story.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obama-jackson-idUSKCN0W003J

[Jenny_92808]

1. She sounds wonderful from what I have read about her so far

"If nominated and confirmed Jackson, 45, would be the first African-American woman on the Supreme Court."

[Jenny_92808]

2. The Senate confirmed her before.

Her nomination for District Judge for the US, was reported to the full Senate of the Senate Judiciary Committee and was confirmed in 2013.

[Jenny_92808]

6. Racially offensive post

[Arazi]

3. She's related to Speaker Paul Ryan through marriage!

Brilliant move Obama! !!!!

Put the Republicans on the hot seat and have them snub Paul Ryan's family member

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/potential-supreme-court-nominee-family-house-speaker-paul/story?id=37187861

[MsLeopard]

7. And I LOVE the thought

of a black female taking over Scalia's seat. Oh please let it be so!!

[Recursion]

4. I guarantee you everybody higher than county circuit clerk is at least being glanced at right now

Just kind of how it runs nowadays

[Arazi]

8. I wonder if the fact that she lives in Washington is also a factor

Whoever is selected will have to at least try to play the confirmation game of trying to meet the Senators. If you're from out if state, then that's a lot of time wasted on the futile effort.

In DC already? No problem when/if a Senator blows you off - you just stay at work and keep on keeping on while the Senator looks shitty

[hollowdweller]

9. I like that she's black and was a public defender for some years......

Other than gun rights and free speech rights for the rich, I think that the Conservative Court has been really bad for individual liberty of regular people.

I think somebody with her background might be more sympathetic to police brutality and privacy issues than some of the others.