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(1/8): On Mar. 21st congress will start SCOTUS confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed she will be the first Black woman and former public defender to become a Justice. @NLADA stands firm on the need for a public defender on the bench. #Defender4SCOTUS 
(2/8): The U.S. Supreme Court has never had a Justice with public defense experience. Yet, SCOTUS presides over a vast number of criminal law cases each year. Judge Brown Jackson’s experience as a PD will bring a fresh and necessary perspective to the Court. #Defender4SCOTUS
(3/8): No legal professionals are better suited than PDs to understand the challenges that confront people experiencing poverty who have been accused of crimes. PDs understand the imbalance of power in the legal system and the way it often criminalizes poverty. #Defender4SCOTUS
