The Collective PAC calls for a Swift and Fair Confirmation Process

President Biden has selected Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court, according to a Friday morning White House announcement. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.

Biden nominated Jackson, 51, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last summer. Jackson had served as a district judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia since 2013, graduated from Harvard for her undergrad, and also served the vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission and a clerk under retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. If confirmed, she would also be the first federal public defender to serve on the court.

After the announcement, The Collective PAC — the nation’s largest political action committee dedicated to increasing Black political engagement, representation, and power across all levels of government — announced their support of President Joe Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as the first Black woman Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court.

Founders of The Collective PAC, Quentin James and Stefanie Brown James, released the following statement:

“The Collective PAC is proud to stand in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as she begins the confirmation process to become the next United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Today’s appointment by President Biden is remedying a long overdue injustice in America by appointing the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. Through her many written opinions, Judge Jackson has demonstrated a deep understanding of and fidelity to the Constitution. She has broad experience across the judicial landscape – as a federal appellate judge, a federal district court judge, a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, an attorney in private practice, and as a federal public defender. Judge Jackson has also been confirmed by the United States Senate on a bipartisan basis three times – most recently last year for her current seat on what’s widely considered the nation’s second most powerful court, the D.C. Court of Appeals. 

Judge Jackson’s nomination is a goal that we, as The Collective PAC, work tirelessly to achieve: equal representation across all levels and branches of government – and this historic nomination is a huge step forward on the path towards progress and equity.  Judge Jackson is an outstanding nominee for the Supreme Court and it is without hesitation that we strongly urge the United States Senate to move forward with a fair and timely confirmation process.”