![]() ![]() ![]() With a successful confirmation process, Jackson will serve a lifetime term or until she chooses to retire.Īccording to the Congressional Research Service, the average time it takes from nomination to confirmation is just over two months. While the nominations are made out to be inherently political – it is one of the few federally appointed positions in which refined neutrality is heavily emphasized. If confirmed, she’ll replace long-serving Justice Stephen J. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is our nation’s most recent historic Supreme Court nominee. Congress and the Executive Branch, on the other hand, have no authority to “overturn” a previous Supreme Court decision. It’s also the only branch of government with the power to refute both Congress’s and the President’s decisions if they believe them to be unconstitutional – a clever check and balance on our three-branch federal system. ![]() From financial rulings to massive human rights rulings, the Court hears about 100-150 cases per session out of the 7,000 cases it is asked to review annually. Their measured decision-making on the nation’s largest judicial issues dictates the tides of the future. Nine justices make up the highest court in our land, the Supreme Court. ![]()
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