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    Erika D. Smith: On the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a symbol. But she's also human

    Vice President Kamala Harris didn't need to show up at the Capitol on Thursday to preside over the final vote confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. There were no ties to be broken. Not after three Republican senators — Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney — had promised they would join all 50 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus in backing the eminently ...
    by Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times Apr 11, 2022 4 minutes
    Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wipes her eyes as President Joe Biden delivers remarks, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris, during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on April 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

    Vice President Kamala Harris didn't need to show up at the Capitol on Thursday to preside over the final vote confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

    There were no ties to be broken. Not after three Republican senators — Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney — had promised they would join all 50 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus in backing the eminently qualified sister with sisterlocks.

    But Harris showed up anyway, calling it "a point of personal privilege."

    As she told guests seated on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, she wanted to bask in the historic

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