Senate and sworn into office that same year. Jackson was born in Washington, D. She received her undergraduate and legal education at Harvard University , where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review , and clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer , whose seat she later assumed on the Supreme Court.
Jackson served as a Harvard Board of Overseers member from to Jackson was born on September 14, , in Washington, D. After high school, Jackson matriculated at Harvard University to study government , having applied despite her guidance counselor's advice to set her sights lower. While a freshman, Jackson enrolled in Michael Sandel 's course Justice , which she has called a major influence during her undergraduate years.
From to , Jackson worked as a staff reporter and researcher for Time magazine. After law school, Jackson served as a law clerk to Judge Patti B. The Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote on February 11, Horowitz , who had served from until Jackson served on the Sentencing Commission until Kennedy Jr. Representative Paul Ryan , a relative by marriage, introduced Jackson at her December confirmation hearing and said, "Our politics may differ, but my praise for Ketanji's intellect, for her character, for her integrity, it is unequivocal.
During her time on the district court, Jackson wrote multiple decisions adverse to the positions of the Trump administration. In her opinion ordering Trump's former White House counsel Don McGahn to comply with a legislative subpoena, she wrote that "presidents are not kings".
She also issued rulings in several cases that gained particular political attention. Bloomberg Law reported in spring that conservative activists were pointing to certain decisions by Jackson that had been reversed on appeal as a "potential blemish on her record". Her decision was reversed unanimously by the D. The D. Circuit also reversed another decision, involving a challenge to a Department of Homeland Security decision to expand the agency's definition of which non-citizens can be deported.
