For many Black law students and professionals, Ketanji Jackson's rise to likely associate justice gives a message of profound hope for what they too might one day be able to accomplish.
Law students from Southern University Law Center traveled from Baton Rouge, LA, to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2022 in Washington, DC.
"I knew I had to be there. This is history. This is a moment. Also, she's a Harvard law alumnus, so I feel sort of a special connection," said Thomiah Dudley, a third-year law student at Jackson's alma mater, Harvard Law School. The cohort of legal professionals cheered on Jackson as she faced questions from Republicans about her past cases, particularly those relating to child sex abuse, and on what school of thought she would bring to determining the constitutionality of high-profile cases.
Particularly, some sentencing decisions in child pornography cases drew GOP fire. But Jackson's measured responses throughout the three days of questioning solidified the support of many onlookers, who reveled in what it would mean to have a Black woman sit on the bench for the first time in the court's 233-year history.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson answers questions from Sen. Josh Hawley during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2022, in Washington, D.C. defend her credentials to a group of largely white, predominantly male detractors, was a familiar scene. It has played out, students said, in workplaces the world over and across the socioeconomic spectrum.
"I see my ancestors and yours," Booker said, drawing tears from some in the audience, including Jackson herself."I'm not gonna let my joy be stolen," he continued."Because I know, you and I, we appreciate something that we get that a lot of my colleagues don't."
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