And the Nominee Is … Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
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🗓️ 26 February 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
As President Joe Biden announces his pick to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Olivia Warren, a former clerk of nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Slate’s own Mark Joseph Stern to discuss Judge Jackson’s character, her qualifications, and the qualities she’ll bring to the highest court in the land if confirmed.
In our Slate Plus segment, members will hear more from Mark and Dahlia on the other big news of the week: the Supreme Court’s decision to take up a First Amendment case next term that could have sweeping implications for LGBTQ people—and for a lot of other folks besides. They also dig into Florida’s deeply disturbing “don’t say gay” legislation and Texas’ new vigilante directive targeting trans youth and their loved ones.
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| 0:00.0 | Why does American democracy look the way it does? |
| 0:02.8 | And how can we make it more responsive to the people it was formed to serve? |
| 0:06.8 | Democracy Decoded, a podcast by Campaign Legal Center, |
| 0:10.4 | examines our government and discusses innovative ideas that could lead to a stronger, |
| 0:15.6 | more transparent, accountable, and inclusive democracy. |
| 0:19.4 | In season two, host Simone Leeper covers everything you need to know about voting in the US. |
| 0:24.9 | Listen to the latest season at democracydecoded.org or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.4 | If I'm fortunate enough to be confirmed as the next associate's |
| 0:39.2 | justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, I can only hope that my life and career, |
| 0:45.9 | my love of this country and the Constitution and my commitment to upholding the rule of law |
| 0:53.0 | and the sacred principles upon which this great nation was founded will inspire future |
| 0:59.6 | generations of Americans. I'm pleased to nominate Judge Jackson will bring extraordinary |
| 1:05.9 | qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the court. |
| 1:12.4 | Judge Jackson deserves to be confirmed as the next justice to the Supreme Court. |
| 1:16.0 | Thank you again, Mr. President for this extraordinary honor. |
| 1:25.6 | Hi and welcome to Amidst. This is Slate's podcast about the courts and the law and the Supreme Court. |
| 1:33.2 | I'm Dahlia Leeper. I cover the courts for Slate.com and this is indeed an historic moment |
| 1:39.4 | for the US Supreme Court. On Friday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced the nomination of the first |
| 1:46.2 | black woman as a nominee for the US Supreme Court after 115 such nominations. Finally, |
| 1:55.2 | truly a momentous announcement. Today, as we watch freedom and liberty under attack abroad, |
| 2:02.8 | I'm here to fulfill my responsibility as under the Constitution to preserve freedom and liberty |
| 2:10.0 | here in the United States of America. And it's my honor to introduce to the country a daughter of |
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