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On July 21, Jackson voted on her first Supreme Court case, joining the dissent in a 5–4 decision refusing to block a district court ruling that prevented the Biden administration from setting new enforcement priorities for immigrants entering the U.S. or living in the country illegally. [122]
Apr 7, 2022 · Three Republican senators joined every Democratic and Independent senator to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Supreme Court’s 116th justice — and its first Black woman justice.
- Willis v. Gray (2020) Robert Willis, a 51-year-old Black biology and math teacher, had served in the District of Columbia Public School system for two decades.
- Tyson v. Brennan (2017) Howard Tyson, a United States Postal Service employee who self-identified as Christian, argued his employer discriminated against him after he was transferred to a new, less desirable location.
- Pierce v. District of Columbia (2015) When an incarcerated deaf individual, William Pierce, was denied accommodations in prison, a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Judge Jackson ruled in his favor.
- Equal Rights Center v. Uber Technologies (2021) In another disability rights case, Judge Jackson allowed the Equal Rights Center to move forward with its lawsuit concerning the inadequacy of Uber’s wheelchair accessible services that were less reliable, more costly, and took longer to arrive than standard vehicles, in violation of the ADA.
May 2, 2017 · A newly digitized Supreme Court Case file can help students learn about the eugenics movement in the United States and its impact on one of the most infamous Supreme Court decisions: Buck v. Bell. In his nearly 30 years in the Supreme Court, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was known for his effective use of language in both his opinions and ...
Buck v. Bell 1927. Appellant: Carrie Buck. Appellee: Dr. J. H. Bell. Appellant's Claim: That Virginia's eugenic sterilization law violated Carrie Buck's right to equal protection of the laws and due process provided by the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Lawyers for Appellant: Irving Whitehead.
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the position of associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to fill the vacancy by Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement on January 27, 2022, at the age of 83.
WASHINGTON — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday wrote her first majority opinion for the Supreme Court since she took office last summer, penning a ruling in a dispute between...
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