George Floyd Family Lawyer Supports Jackson For SCOTUS Pick

On Wednesday, Ben Crump, famed attorney in several cases involving race relations and interactions with law enforcement, wrote an op-ed calling on President Joe Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Crump wrote, “There should be, and someday will be, no limit on the number of African American women sitting on this important court, at once, as has been the status quo for white men for centuries,” adding, “But for today’s pick, that African American woman, that attorney and judge and mother, and daughter should be Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.”

He said she “is perhaps the most experienced judge to be considered in recent memory, in that she has been a District Court and Circuit Court judge for nine years. There will be no learning curve for Jackson; she knows the law, has adjudicated it well and is battle-tested.”

Crump continued, stating the importance of race in the pick, writing, “My standards for this nominee go beyond integrity, brilliance and fairness. I carry the additional purchase that this justice must represent African Americans in a way that has cultural competency, forcefulness and instills deep pride.”

He discussed other justices, noting, “Justice Sotomayor clearly inspires and provides vision to America’s Hispanic community. Justices O’Connor and Ginsburg are heroes for women across the ideological spectrum. We African Americans eagerly await and demand that model: a talented African American woman who not only acts justly and upholds our Constitution but is rooted in an experience that so many of us share.”

“That person is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson,” he stated.

Crump discussed how he knows Jackson because they taught and mentored alongside one another. They also taught a seminar at Harvard’s Trial Advocacy Workshop twice. He also wrote about her career and family history.

He thanked “Biden and Harris for this important decision, and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and his late wife Emily for pressing the president to commit to this historic move.”

However, as The Hill pointed out, Clyburn has pushed for South Carolina federal district court Judge J. Michelle Childs for the selection.

Crump concluded, “For the combination of brilliance, integrity, experience and assurance that African Americans will hold this choice as we do the memory of Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley, I overwhelmingly support the historic choice of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.”

Crump has taken part in representing several families in high profile cases that have not only gained national attention but have been the center of widespread protests and riots across the country, including the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Martin Lee Anderson, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd.

As The Daily Wire reported on Wednesday, “President Joe Biden has interviewed three women as potential nominees to be his Supreme Court justice pick, with the White House announcing he will share his decision by Monday.”

Biden’s three potential nominees are all black women, as he made a promise to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court. They include federal judges Ketanji Brown Jackson, J. Michelle Childs, and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger. The new justice will replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who stated that he is planning to retire this year.

NBC News reported on Tuesday that Biden “continues to evaluate eminently qualified individuals in the mold of Justice Breyer who have the strongest records, intellect, character, and dedication to the rule of law that anyone could ask for,” according to Deputy White House Press Secretary Andrew Bates.

All three potential picks are “deserving of bipartisan support,” Bates added.

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