Getting to know Ketanji Brown Jackson

Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 10:49 p.m.

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Today, a deep dive into the life of Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden\\u2019s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus, a dispatch from Ukraine, where Russian forces are pressing closer to the capital, Kyiv.


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On Friday morning, President Biden announced his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court: federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Jackson is a former clerk for Justice Stephen G. Breyer. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman and the first former federal public defender on the Supreme Court. Legal affairs reporter Ann Marimow on Jackson\\u2019s past, and what she\\u2019d bring to the court.


Plus, a dispatch from Ukraine, where Russia is advancing on the capital, Kyiv. Our foreign correspondent Siobhan O\\u2019Grady reports.

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