Paul Ryan Supports Biden Supreme Court Pick
Ketanji Brown Jackson would be first Black woman to serve on high court.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Wikicago, (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is supporting Ketanji Brown Jackson after President Joe Biden nominated her to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday.
Ryan, a Republican from Janesville, and Jackson have a family connection: Jackson’s husband has a twin brother who’s married to Ryan’s sister-in-law.
“Our politics may differ, but my praise for Ketanji’s intellect, for her character, and for her integrity, is unequivocal,” Ryan wrote.
Ryan made similar comments after former President Barack Obama nominated Jackson to serve as a district court judge in 2012.
“I know she is clearly qualified, but it bears repeating just how qualified she is,” Ryan said in a December 2012 confirmation hearing in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
If confirmed, Jackson would become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ryan is one of a handful of Republicans supporting Jackson. Ryan represented Wisconsin’s 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives for 20 years and served as House speaker from 2015 to 2019.
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Paul Ryan backs Ketanji Brown Jackson as Biden’s Supreme Court pick was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.
