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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON ON BEING

CONFIRMED TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Ranglin-Vassell, Alzate, Shekarchi, Blazejewski,
Abney, Henries, Biah, Felix, Kazarian, and Diaz

     Date Introduced: April 07, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden put forth the historic nomination

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of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States

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Supreme Court; and

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     WHEREAS, With bipartisan support, Judge Jackson was confirmed on April 7, 2022, to

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a lifetime appointment on the nation's highest court, a significant step toward making the

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Supreme Court more representative of our nation as a whole; and

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     WHEREAS, Judge Jackson was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Miami, Florida.

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She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in Government from Harvard-

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Radcliffe College, and earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where was

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as a supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review; and

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     WHEREAS, In June of 2021, Judge Jackson had received her commission as a United

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States Circuit Judge, and had previously served on the United States Court of Appeals for the

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District of Columbia. During her tenure on the Court of Appeals, she had issued more than 500

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opinions on cases involving myriad issues from separation of powers to the reach of the Fourth

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Amendment to collective bargaining rights; and

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     WHEREAS, Currently, Judge Jackson is a member of the Judicial Conference

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Committee on Defender Services, as well as the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and

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the Council of the American Law Institute. She also serves on the board of Georgetown Day

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School and the United States Supreme Court Fellows Commission; and

 

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     WHEREAS, Judge Jackson's prior service includes eight years as a federal trial court

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judge, Vice Chair and Commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission, Assistant

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Federal Public Defender in the appeals division of the Office of the Federal Public Defender in

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the District of Columbia, lawyer in private practice at Morrison & Foerster LLP, and as a law

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clerk at all three levels of the federal Judiciary; and

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     WHEREAS, Judge Jackson is one of our nation’s brightest legal minds and will join the

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court in the summer of 2022. She is an exceptionally well-qualified, experienced, and

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credentialed jurist who is committed to equal justice, and whose "evenhanded approach to the

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administration of justice make her an outstanding candidate for the Supreme Court"; now,

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therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

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congratulates the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson on being confirmed as the 116th Associate

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Justice of the United States Supreme Court. We furthermore extend our best wishes for her

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continued success, health and fulfillment; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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