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The Immigration Record of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee

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The Immigration Record of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee

Hearings begin later today in the U.S. Senate on the confirmation President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,  ImmigrationProf previously posted on Judge Jackson’s immigration record.

Judge Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the court.  If confirmed, the 51-year-old Jackson would  succeed Justice Stephen Breyer.  

A National Immigration Law Center report looks at Judge Jackson’s immigration record. 

Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue for CNN has identified some of Judge Jackson’s immigration rulings that might be subject to questioning at the confirmation hearings:

“n 2019, Jackson halted a Trump administration move to expand the categories of noncitizens that may be subjected to expedited deportation procedures in a ruling that ultimately was reversed on appeal.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, brought up the case during Jackson’s 2021 circuit court nomination hearing.
 
`I have a number of immigration cases and in those cases — like the one you mentioned — what I am doing is, I am evaluating the … immigration laws’ very complex scheme, the facts in the particular case and the claims that are being made, the arguments of the parties,’ Jackson said at the time. `I am not assessing the policy.’
 
Jackson also notably dismissed Trump-era lawsuits seeking to challenge the building of a wall along the US Southern border.”

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