After a contentious process, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was finally confirmed this week by a 53-47 vote in the Senate. In an unfortunately tokenistic fashion, the liberal media focused on the fact that President Joe Biden’s nominee would be the first black woman on the Supreme Court. But there’s a much more significant unique aspect to her confirmation: She’ll be the only member of the current high court with experience as a former defense attorney.
Set aside for a moment the many valid concerns we on the Right have about Jackson’s arguably disqualifying judicial philosophy, such as her not believing we have “natural rights.” Unfortunately, these views are to be expected from a Democratic president’s nominee. But all else equal, the fact that we have a public defender on the court (rather than a similar nominee without that experience) is something conservatives and libertarians ought to cheer.
