‘An amazing legacy’: Justice Breyer’s replacement could be a former clerk he considers family

WASHINGTON — She is one of the women President Biden is considering for his first Supreme Court nomination and brings with her some essential credentials: a sterling educational background, a distinguished track record on the federal bench, and a reputation for both brilliance and an even judicial temperament.

But there is one other line on her resume that could prove influential: She is part of the “family.”

That is, Ketanji Brown Jackson once worked for the man she may replace.

Jackson, 51, a highly respected D.C. Circuit Court judge who would become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court if confirmed, spent a formative year clerking for retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer more than two decades ago.

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