Ketanji Brown Jackson
US Supreme Court justice since 2022
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| December 2024 | Jackson appeared in the Broadway production of & Juliet, fulfilling a lifelong dream by portraying herself in a brief cameo. |
| June 13 2024 | In the case Starbucks Corporation v. McKinney, Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote an opinion that concurred in part and dissented in part, stressing that the court was not properly deferring to the NLRB as mandated by the NLRA, and criticizing the increase of judicial power over labor disputes. |
| June 1 2023 | Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the sole dissenting opinion in the case Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters, highlighting the need for deference to the National Labor Relations Board in matters concerning labor disputes and the rights of workers to strike. |
| February 28 2023 | Jackson authored her first majority opinion for a unanimous court in the case of Delaware v. Pennsylvania, concerning the distribution of unclaimed money from MoneyGrams among states. |
| 2022 | Jackson received the Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award, presented by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. |
| November 7 2022 | Jackson wrote her first opinion, a two-page dissent from a denial of review in the case of Chinn v. Shoop, which was joined by Justice Sotomayor. |
| October 3 2022 | Ketanji Brown Jackson participated in her first oral argument as an associate justice during the case Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. |
| September 28 2022 | Ketanji Brown Jackson was assigned as the circuit justice for the First Circuit. |
| July 21 2022 | Jackson voted on her first Supreme Court case, joining the dissent in a 5–4 decision that refused to block a district court ruling affecting immigration enforcement priorities. |
| June 30 2022 | Jackson was sworn in and officially became an associate justice of the Supreme Court at noon on June 30, 2022, when Justice Breyer's retirement went into effect. |
| June 29 2022 | Ketanji Brown Jackson's service as a circuit judge ended the day before she was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. |
| April 8 2022 | On April 8, 2022, Jackson received her judicial commission as an associate justice. |
| April 7 2022 | Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination by a 53-47 vote, with the same senators voting 'yea' as in the previous discharge vote. This marked her successful appointment to the Supreme Court. |
| April 7 2022 | On April 7, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 53–47 vote. |
| April 7 2022 | Later on April 7, 2022, Jackson was confirmed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court by the Senate with a 53–47 vote. |
| April 4 2022 | On April 4, 2022, the Senate voted to discharge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination from the Judiciary Committee with a vote of 53–47. This marked the first time since 1853 that the Senate discharged the Judiciary Committee from consideration of a Supreme Court nomination. |
| April 4 2022 | The Senate Judiciary Committee held a vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination, resulting in a party-line tie with all 11 Democratic members voting in favor and all 11 Republican members voting against, leading to no recommendation. |
| March 24 2022 | During the final day of confirmation hearings, witness testimonies were heard, including from the American Bar Association and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who refused to acknowledge Joe Biden as the lawfully serving president. |
| March 24 2022 | Confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded. |
| March 23 2022 | In the second day of questioning, Jackson faced another 10-hour session where she defended her judicial philosophy and decisions regarding controversial issues like abortion and gun rights. |
| March 21 2022 | Her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on March 21, 2022. |
| February 28 2022 | Jackson's nomination was sent to the Senate on February 28, 2022. |
| February 25 2022 | On February 25, 2022, President Biden announced that Jackson was his nominee to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court. |
| February 22 2022 | President Biden met with his top three contenders for the Supreme Court nomination, which included Ketanji Brown Jackson. |
| January 2022 | The New York Times reported that Jackson had not yet written a body of appeals court opinions expressing a legal philosophy since her appointment to the D.C. Circuit. |
| January 27 2022 | President Biden reaffirmed his commitment to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, following his campaign promise. |
| January 26 2022 | NBC News reported that Justice Breyer planned to retire at the end of the court's current term. |
| July 2021 | Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. |
| June 17 2021 | Jackson received her judicial commission as a United States circuit judge. |
| June 14 2021 | Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 53–44, with support from Republican senators Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and Lisa Murkowski. |
| June 10 2021 | The Senate invoked cloture on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination by a 52–46 vote. |
| June 8 2021 | Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed cloture on Jackson's nomination. |
| June 4 2021 | Don McGahn testified before Congress in a closed-door session under an agreement reached with the Biden administration, after Jackson's ruling in the subpoena case. |
| May 20 2021 | Jackson's nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 13–9 vote. |
| April 28 2021 | A hearing on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. |
| April 19 2021 | Jackson's nomination was sent to the Senate. |
| March 30 2021 | President Biden announced his intention to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson as a United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. |
| 2020 | Jackson gave the Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture at the University of Michigan Law School and was honored at the University of Chicago Law School's third annual Judge James B. Parsons Legacy Dinner. |
| August 2020 | The D.C. Circuit affirmed part of Jackson's decision in the McGahn case, where she ruled that senior-level presidential aides cannot assert absolute immunity from compelled congressional testimony. |
| 2019 | Jackson issued a preliminary injunction in Make The Road New York v. McAleenan, blocking a Trump administration rule on expedited removals, finding the decision arbitrary and capricious. |
| 2019 | In Center for Biological Diversity v. McAleenan, Jackson ruled that Congress had stripped federal courts of jurisdiction to challenge the Secretary of Homeland Security's decision regarding environmental waivers for border wall construction. |
| 2019 | In Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives v. McGahn, Jackson ruled that former White House Counsel Don McGahn must comply with a subpoena to testify in an impeachment inquiry regarding the Trump administration. |
| 2018 | In American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump, Jackson invalidated provisions of three executive orders that limited federal employee union rights, ruling they violated collective bargaining rights. |
| 2018 | Jackson was a panelist at the National Constitution Center's town hall on Alexander Hamilton's legacy. |
| 2018 | Jackson presided over a mock trial at Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law to determine if Vice President Aaron Burr was guilty of murdering Alexander Hamilton. |
| 2018 | Jackson dismissed 40 lawsuits stemming from the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, ruling they should be brought in Malaysia due to forum non conveniens. |
| April 2018 | Jackson presided over a case challenging the Department of Health and Human Services' decision to terminate grants for teen pregnancy prevention programs, ruling the decision was arbitrary and capricious. |
| 2017 | Jackson presented at the University of Georgia School of Law's 35th Edith House Lecture. |
| 2016 | In early 2016, Jackson was vetted by Obama administration officials as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia. |
| 2016 | Jackson began serving as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, a position she held until 2022. |
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