Sunday Edition: KBJ Steps into the SCOTUS Spotlight

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🗓️ 20 March 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson made history last month as the first Black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court. As her confirmation hearings get underway this week, we examine what senators will be asking and how some Republicans are struggling to craft solid messaging in opposing her nomination. Guest: Joan Biskupic, CNN Legal Analyst To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to the Sunday edition of CNN Five Things. I'm David Ryan.
0:06.0	It's fairly obvious that presidents do a lot of important things. I know I'm not breaking news
0:14.4	there, but those who follow Washington really closely, they say that one of the
0:18.7	most consequential things a president can do, something that can cement their
0:22.3	legacy, is nominate
0:23.8	a Supreme Court justice good afternoon president Biden got that chance last
0:28.8	month after justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement and And in making his pick, he made history.
0:35.8	For too long, our government, our courts,
0:39.0	haven't looked like America.
0:41.6	I believe it's time that we have a court reflects the full
0:44.8	talents and greatness of our nation. Biden fulfilled a campaign promise by
0:50.2	selecting Katanji Brown Jackson, the first black woman ever to be nominated to the court.
0:55.8	She still needs to be confirmed though, and those hearings begin tomorrow.
0:59.8	Let's get you ready for this by spending five minutes with CNN legal analyst Joan Biscupix
1:04.1	she covers the Supreme Court for us and Joan can we just step back a second for those of
1:09.1	us who you know don't cover the ins and outs of the federal court system every day.
1:13.5	Who is Kataj Brown Jackson?
1:15.8	You know it's funny you just said that about the ins and outs of the federal court system
1:19.5	because she's actually been at every level of the federal court system except for the Supreme Court now.
1:25.6	She's 51 years old.
1:27.2	She's now on the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which is a known stepping
1:32.0	stone to the Supreme Court.
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