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Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson (née Brown; / k ə ˈ t ɑː n dʒ i / kə-TAHN-jee; born September 14, 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn ...
Stanley G. Feldman, Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (1992–1997), Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (1982–2002) [131] Jacob Fuchsberg, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1975–1983) Stanley Fuld, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1967–1973), Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1946-1966)
Brandeis served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 23 years. [57] On the court, Brandeis continued to be a strong voice for progressivism. [58] He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential justices in the history of the United States Supreme Court, often being ranked among the very "greatest" justices in the court's history ...
Take Louis Brandeis — the first Jewish Supreme Court justice. The Biden administration has been one marked by many firsts: the first African-American vice-president, the first gay cabinet ...
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Jackson was born on his family's farm in Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, on February 13, 1892, and was raised in Frewsburg, New York. [6] The son of William Eldred Jackson and Angelina Houghwout, he graduated from Frewsburg High School in 1909 [7] and spent the next year as a post-graduate student attending Jamestown High School, where he worked to improve his writing skills.
Jackson is the first Black woman in U.S. history to be nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Her nomination was sent to the Senate on February 28, [ 7 ] and her confirmation hearings were held by the Senate Judiciary Committee from March 21 to 24, 2022. [ 8 ]
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.