The White House has both sought and touted support from a wide range of backers for the latest Supreme Court nominee, including Black-led organizations, bipartisan legal groups, conservative leaders and women’s groups.
Kearse was the first Black woman judge on an appellate court and helped pave the way for judges such as Jackson, the newest nominee to the country’s highest court.
Analysis | Errin Haines spoke to longtime friends of Ketanji Brown Jackson as she is poised to break a new barrier.
If confirmed, Jackson, 51, would also be the first former federal public defender on the high court. She has previously been confirmed to posts by the Senate three times.
Why some trauma victims are more likely to take responsibility for crimes, even when they may be innocent.
Childs, who has strong backing from her state’s lawmakers, is a graduate of public universities and worked in both government and private practice before joining the bench.
In a 2017 speech to law students, the Supreme Court nominee talked about the difficulties of working at a big law firm — and how a confirmation hearing led her to knitting.
A rising cohort of new leaders want to help their institutions better understand the country’s history and how it inextricably shapes the law today.
A new report from the National Women’s Law Center lays out the laws, some passed as recently as 2019, around an overlooked aspect of reproductive justice.
Nearly 1 in 3 women and about 1 in 6 men are stalked at some point during their lifetimes. Experts are worried that the outlook for survivors has still not improved.