In our coverage from April 2022, we dug into the educational background, career trajectory, and significant legal decisions of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson leading up to her confirmation to the Supreme Court. Recently, HeinOnline expanded its History of Supreme Court Nominations collection to include four new volumes encapsulating hearings and reports related to Jackson’s confirmation process. These reports cover the extensive questioning by committee members, addressing a wide range of topics including their legal philosophy, judicial record, and views on constitutional issues. Peruse these reports in HeinOnline.
About the History of Supreme Court Nominations
The History of Supreme Court Nominations database includes the complete series Supreme Court of the U.S. Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee by Roy M. Mersky and J. Myron Jacobstein, and continued by Tobe Liebert and then William H. Manz. This ongoing series is considered to be the definitive documentary history of the nomination and confirmation processes of both successful and unsuccessful nominations to the Court up through Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Each history includes relevant materials, such as:
- Confirmation hearing and transcript of the nomination
- Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination
- Memoranda drafted
- Presidential statements
- Resignation announcements
- Pre-nomination speculation
- Nomination announcement
- Confirmation date
The Browse by Justice option allows users to link directly to relevant content for each justice. Also included are more than 350 titles related to the Supreme Court, links to scholarly articles, and bibliographies.
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