Ketanji Brown Jackson husband

In 2012, former House Speaker Paul Ryan praised Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for her intellect, character and integrity.

William Jackson's twin brother is Patrick Jackson, who is married to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. He's a Republican from Janesville who ran for vice president in 2012. In a tweet, Ryan offered his congratulations to Jackson, declaring: "Janna and I are incredibly happy for Ketanji and her entire family."

On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

President Biden sought a candidate with exceptional credentials, unimpeachable character, and unwavering dedication to the rule of law. Prior to serving as a judge, Judge Jackson followed in the footsteps of her mentor Justice Breyer by working on the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The Commission, which President Biden fought to create as a member of the U.S. Senate, is bipartisan by design. President Obama nominated Judge Jackson to serve as the Vice Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in 2009, and she was confirmed with bipartisan support in 2010. He studied the histories and case records of candidates and consulted legal experts. Judge Jackson comes from a law enforcement family, with two uncles who were career law enforcement officers: one was a Miami-Dade County sex crimes detective, and the other rose through the ranks of the City of Miami Police Department to become the Chief of Police. Her brother served as an undercover officer in a drug-sting unit in Baltimore after graduating from college, so she should know quite well the difficulties and dangers our officers face in the line of duty every single day … From our analysis of Judge Jackson’s record and some of her cases, we believe she has considered the facts and applied the law consistently and fairly on a range of issues. With multiple law enforcement officials in her family, she also has a personal understanding of the stakes of the legal system. As the longtime Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the President took seriously the Constitution’s requirement that he make this appointment “by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate,” seeking the advice of Senators in both parties. Judge Jackson represented defendants who did not have the means to pay for a lawyer. In a 2017 lecture, Judge Jackson traced her love of the law back to sitting next to her father in their apartment as he tackled his law school homework—reading cases and preparing for Socratic questioning—while she undertook her preschool homework—coloring books. And the President sought an individual who is committed to equal justice under the law and who understands the profound impact that the Supreme Court’s decisions have on the lives of the American people. Judge Jackson was one of President Biden’s first judicial nominees. Since Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement, President Biden has conducted a rigorous process to identify his replacement.

President Joe Biden has selected Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for the first ...

"I come from a background of public service. She was a member of the debate team at Miami Palmetto Senior High School before earning both her undergraduate degree and law degree at Harvard. At her 2021 confirmation hearing for the appellate court, she connected her family's professions — her parents worked in public schools — to her decision to work as a public defender.