today sworn in as the nation s 116th justice, and the first black woman ever to serve on the high court. her husband, dr. patrick jackson held two bibles on which she swore a family bible, and the court s harlan bible. a court federal appeals judge, jackson replaced justice stephen breyer, who stepped down today after three decades on the bench, justice breyer hired ketanji brown jackson as a clerk in 1999, making it a full circle moment when he administered the judicial oath to her today. a formal investiture for justice jackson is expected in the fall we can call her that now, justice jackson. taking her oath today allows her to begin her judicial duties. she arrives on the bench in the wake of several hugely polarizing decisions, issued by the court on abortion, gun rights, and today s ruling limiting the epa s authority to fight climate change. we are going to have much more on that ruling specifically, and on the future of the court, and its newest member just ahead. b
from the beginning, from that first moment when they told the russians what they thought they should do. it was very early on, lawrence, but it gave us insight into what the russian troup somewhat the russian people were going to be like in this war, you will recall, in the early days, we are told by u.s. intelligence and british intelligence that this thing would be over in a matter of days. the thing that changed it now it s the weapons coming from the west by the things that changed it the early days on snake island, when those ukrainians told those russians what they did, was pure gumption. it was pure guts. yes, it really was, it really showed us for the first time with the russians were up against. yep. and why they cannot succeed their. that s right. thanks, ali. have a good show. thank you. today, 233 years after the first supreme court justice took his oath of office, ketanji brown jackson was sworn in as the 116th supreme court justice, making
welcome to the supreme court. we are here today to administer the oaths of office to judge ketanji brown jackson to become an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. before we do so, i would like to recognize dr. patrick jackson, her husband, and her daughters, talia and leila. the administration of the oath is required both by the constitution and by judiciary act. so we will be delivering to oaths. i will deliver the constitutional both and constitutional oath and justice breyer will administer the statutory oaths. there will be formality in the fall. but the oath will allow judge jackson to undertake her duties. and she has been anxious to get to them without any further delay. are you prepared to take the oath? i am. please raise your right hand, and repeat after me. i, ketanji brown jackson, do solemnly swear. i, ketanji brown jackson, do solemnly swear. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all en
at a moment of great dichotomy. through the support of advocates, protection of rights around the world is increasing in many places. we have seen bright spot that stand out as a testament to those activists over the year. in december, the chilean parliament passed a same-sex bill, the 31st country in the world to do so. this month, the thai cabinet endorsed a civil partnership bill. argentina, colombia and the u.s. government now recognize non-binary identities. the kuwait constitutional court struck down a law used by security forces to enable abusive transgender individuals. but for every bright spot, we see many continued attacks on lgbtqia plus rights, we see what in ghana, and in places like turkey and kazakhstan, and increasing attacks on transgender people, especially transgender women of color in the u.s. we have watched leaders around the world in places like russia, hungary and poland weaponize anti-lgbtqia rhetoric as a wedge issue to motivate a set of constituent
before we get started, a few housekeeping notes. additional information on cle material can be found on the invents page just on the event s page. there will be time at the end of today for audience questions. two semitic question use the q and a box at the bottom of the zoom screen but do not use the chat to ask your russian as we will not be monitoring it. if you are a member of the press asking a question, please identify the outlet for which you are reporting of the top of your question. now let s turn to today s discussion. each year, the supreme court term draws to a close and the summer begins. we host a discussion with academics, practitioners and advocates about some of the most controversial consequential topics in the turn. this year is no different step in a minute, you will hear from this year s distinguished panel who will provide context for some of the most watched and anticipated decisions of the term. this year is very different in other ways and it was th