Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture
The Heritage Foundation
4.5 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode, your hosts moderate a three-way discussion all about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination. But first, we have some news about the lawsuit challenging the Texas heartbeat law and one opinion in a criminal-law case that sounds more like a law school exam than a real fact pattern. After discussing those developments, your hosts welcome Carrie Severino of The Judicial Crisis Network, Ed Whelan of the Ethics & Public Policy Center, and John Malcolm of The Heritage Foundation to discuss Judge Jackson's judicial philosophy (or lack thereof), how Republican Senators should approach her confirmation hearing, whether she'd have to recuse from the Harvard racial preferences case, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm John Carlo Canoparo. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Zach Smith. |
| 0:09.0 | And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government. |
| 0:21.1 | Welcome back to SCOTUS 101. |
| 0:23.7 | It's been a relatively quiet week at the court, but there are a few developments that are |
| 0:27.6 | worth briefly mentioning before we dive into this week's very special episode. |
| 0:32.1 | So, G.C., what's been going on? |
| 0:33.8 | So besides court news, we have a little SCOTUS 101 news. |
| 0:37.1 | We have put together an audience survey, a link to which you'll find in the description |
| 0:41.5 | and on our Twitter page, which you can also find by going to heritage.org slash scotus 101 |
| 0:47.6 | survey. |
| 0:49.0 | And that has some questions for you, our audience, to help us improve the podcast. |
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| 0:55.4 | We would appreciate it. Let us know what you want to hear. And, you know, please be kind. |
| 1:01.1 | To me. You don't have to be kind to Zach. |
| 1:03.9 | Story of my life. Well, on to court news. You may recall that in December, the Supreme Court |
| 1:10.4 | held in Whole Women's Health v. Jackson that plaintiffs may be able to challenge Texas's SB8 law. |
| 1:16.2 | That law prohibits abortions after the baby develops a heartbeat, but it delegated enforcement exclusively to private parties. |
| 1:23.2 | The court didn't decide the merits. |
| 1:25.2 | It only decided whether there were any government officials that the plaintiffs could sue to get an injunction. |
| 1:30.9 | The court said that the only officials who might properly be defendants are state medical licensing officials |
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