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The Playbook Podcast

April 8, 2022: From nomination to confirmation in six weeks

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Daily News, Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In a history-making vote Thursday afternoon, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, where she will be the first Black woman in history to serve as a justice. Immediately after VP Kamala Harris called the 53-47 vote, Senate Democrats (and, notably, Utah Republican Mitt Romney) gave a standing ovation while most Senate Republicans sulked from the chamber floor. Listen to Playbook Deep Dive: Khanna’s BBB advice to Biden: ‘Just get Sanders and Manchin in the room and hammer this out’ Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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Presented by Amazon.

0:02.7

Hey, good morning, playbookers on Rookumonovalin. It's Friday.

0:06.4

And we got your postgame report on Katanji Brown Jackson's confirmation.

0:10.4

It's your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.

0:18.1

In a history-making vote on Thursday afternoon, the Senate confirmed Katanji Brown

0:22.4

Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, there she'll be the first black woman in history to serve

0:26.5

as a justice. Immediately after Vice President Kamala Harris called the 53-47 vote, Senate Democrats,

0:32.6

and notably Utah Republican Mitt Romney, gave a standing ovation while most Senate Republicans sulked from

0:38.4

the chamber floor. Robert Barnes from the Washington Post has the 30,000 foot view, quote,

0:42.7

white men for the first time will no longer make up a majority on the court. The oldest and longest

0:46.8

serving justice is black. Women will be as close to parity as is possible on the nine-member

0:51.6

bench, and in a government where the president is 79 and the Speaker

0:55.0

of the House is 82, the average age of a justice will be 61. Jackson's presence will go a long

1:00.2

way toward President Biden's stated goal of a court that looks more like America, but it won't

1:04.8

impact for now, one that is ideologically stacked for conservatives, caught in a political

1:09.5

crossfire as intense as any before

1:11.6

and facing a host of issues.

1:13.7

Legal scholars told Politico's practice in Bukker that Jackson could have an impact even in

1:18.2

the minority.

1:19.0

Quote, the first thing to keep an eye on is her dissents.

1:21.8

Even if she doesn't sway the ultimate decisions rendered by the quirk, Jackson can convey

1:26.3

her point of view into sense that

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