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    Nicholas Goldberg: Another thing that makes Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination special

    by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Mar 08, 2022 3 minutes
    Flanked by U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers remarks on her nomination by Biden to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, from the Cross Hall of the White House, on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 in Washington, D.C..

    Over the years, many former prosecutors have become justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Earl Warren, for instance, served as Alameda County's district attorney and California's attorney general. Sonia Sotomayor worked at the Manhattan district attorney's office. Samuel A. Alito Jr. worked for the U.S. attorney in New Jersey.

    But if she is confirmed, Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the only justice in the Supreme Court's modern history to have served as a public defender.

    That may not sound like a big deal compared to her other claim to fame: being the first Black woman nominated to

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