Jackson says it is ‘my plan’ to recuse from Harvard admissions case

Published March 23, 2022 7:43pm ET



Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday if she is confirmed as the next justice on the high court, she will recuse herself from a case over alleged discrimination practices in Harvard University’s admissions.

Jackson’s commitment comes as the Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments this fall in one of the most significant cases before the court regarding race-based admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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