A Supreme Court justice with public defender experience would 'send an important message especially to young and aspiring lawyers about the type of legal experience our country values.' WeDemandJustice
A Supreme Court justice with public defender experience would"send an important message especially to young and aspiring lawyers about the type of legal experience our country values," reads on open letter.More than 1,000 former and current public defenders from across the country are calling on the U.S.
"Judge Jackson's firsthand experience as a public defender will be an incalculable asset to a court that has lacked this critical perspective for too long," reads"A public defender justice also would send an important message especially to young and aspiring lawyers about the type of legal experience our country values," added the signatories, who have worked in public defense in all 50 states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
"What I decided as a trial judge was that I was going to make sure everyone who was in my courtroom, especially the defendant, understood all of the procedures that we were going through, all of the steps," Jackson told the Senate Judiciary Committee."I spoke directly to them, I asked them, 'Do you understand what's happening?' because I wanted them to know."
"To defend our country and its values we also needed to make sure that when we responded as a country to the terrible attacks on 9/11, we were upholding our constitutional values," said Jackson.
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