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Elizabeth Warren

Mar 24 • 7 tweets • 2 min read

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has more trial court experience than any sitting Supreme Court justice. She’ll be only the 2nd sitting justice to have served in all 3 levels of the federal judiciary. And she’ll be the 1st former federal public defender & 1st Black woman on the Court.

Judge Jackson is so well qualified that some in the GOP are now down to making up objections. They’ve attacked her in this week’s hearings just to play politics. It’s appalling, and it’s no way to treat someone who’s devoted her career to exceptional public service.

Some Republicans have complained about the very idea of having a public defender on the Supreme Court. They should read the Constitution. The Sixth Amendment grants criminal defendants the right to counsel. Public defenders help America live up to our constitutional ideals.

Every American who supports and defends the Constitution should welcome a Supreme Court justice who has worked so hard to turn our constitutional ideals into reality.

Everyone deserves a lawyer. Our legal system strives to deliver equal justice under law. It’s only because of the commitment of public defenders, civil rights attorneys, and legal aid lawyers that we can aspire to achieve that ideal.

We need Judge Jackson’s expertise on the Court. I’ve called for a long time now for prioritizing professional diversity on our federal bench. For far too long, our federal judiciary has been dominated by those who only have experience representing the wealthy & well-connected.

Judge Jackson’s work in the trenches, representing those without means or power, provided her with an invaluable perspective into our system of justice. By bringing that experience to the Supreme Court, she will make our judiciary that much stronger. #ConfirmJudgeJackson

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