What You Didn't Know About Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
- She knits, foretold her career in 1988, calls Paul Ryan family
- Jackson’s confirmation hearings start in the Senate Monday
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Ketanji Brown Jackson isn’t a household name -- only 28% of U.S. voters asked in a recent C-SPAN poll could identify her -- but she’s almost certain to make history as the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jackson, 51, now a federal appeals court judge in Washington, begins three days before a Senate committee on her nomination Monday. Her name recognition is likely to grow as she’s scrutinized by lawmakers who both support and oppose her nomination about her life, legal career and judicial record.