Ketanji Brown Jackson
Fifty students from the Southern University Law Center made the trip to Washington DC to watch the start of Senate Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson would be the first Black woman to join the nation’s highest court, and third-year law-student Quiana-Joy Ochiagha is ready to witness history.
“This is monumental this is groundbreaking. I want to speak it into existence our future Justice Brown Jackson,” Ochiagha said.
Ochiagha, who will graduate this May, believes a needed perspective has been missing from the justice system for too long, with Black women making up less than two percent of federal judges in U-S history. She sees Jackson’s potential confirmation as a starting point for greater inclusion moving forward.
“Just give me hope for the future and I know that there aren’t any ceilings that can stop me. I’m ready for the venture into my new profession,” Ochiagha said.
The students made the trip knowing they might not have the opportunity to meet Judge Jackson, but Christopher Jordan is honored to be able to lend his support in any way that he can, even if it is from a distance.
“It would be great to be able to shake her hand or take a picture with her but if nothing else she’ll know I’m in the room or around in support of her nomination so that’s enough for me,” Jordan said.
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