Ketanji Brown Jackson Archives

Davenport building out her team, names ex-Supreme Court Law Clerk Eliza Lehner as chief counsel

February 4, 2026 12:27 pmFebruary 4, 2026 3:49 pm

Eliza Lehner, who clerked for two U.S. Supreme Court Justices, has been named chief counsel to Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport as the state’s top law enforcement official continues to assemble her leadership team in Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s new administration....

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

January 19, 2024 3:50 pmJanuary 20, 2024 11:12 am

The snow is softly falling on Washington, D.C. after a relatively productive week that saw a government shutdown averted, a major deal on tax reform reached, and a New Jerseyan’s nomination to the federal circuit court approved in committee. Many...

A closer look at all 10 of Biden’s federal judicial nominees in N.J. (so far)

September 8, 2023 5:41 pmSeptember 11, 2023 8:11 am

With Assistant U.S. Attorney Jamel Semper’s nomination this week to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, President Joe Biden has now put forward nine federal judicial nominees from New Jersey since taking office in 2021. A...

Murphy still has no N.J. Supreme Court news on first day of judicial session

September 1, 2022 2:56 pmSeptember 7, 2022 12:39 am

It’s December 2023. President Joe Biden isn’t running for re-election, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is one of 26 Democrats running to succeed him. On a debate stage in South Carolina, moderator Steve Kornacki tees up the question Murphy’s...

Updated: Codey backs Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

February 25, 2022 2:24 pmFebruary 25, 2022 7:15 pm

Update at 4:13 PM from State Sen. Nia Gill: “This is a historic nomination of an eminently qualified jurist which should move forward with bipartisan support.” As Democrats prepare for a State Senate primary between two incumbents in the newly-drawn...

Booker throws strong support behind Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

February 25, 2022 2:08 pmFebruary 25, 2022 2:42 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed his enthusiastic support for Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President Joe Biden announced today as his nominee to replace Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court. “I’m...

How New Jersey’s senators have voted on U.S Supreme Court nominations

February 25, 2022 1:39 pm

New Jersey’s two United States Senators, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, may get a chance to vote on the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. This will be the seventh top court...