[See NewsBusters for more.] On the Saturday edition of Today on NBC, political contributor and PBS Washington Week host Yamiche Alcindor reacted to the news of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court with excitement that Democratic activists will have another voice on the Court, but lamented that her ability to actually bring change is limited.
Alcindor was asked by host and White House correspondent Kristen Welker, “Judge Jackson if confirmed is not going to change the Court ideologically, but as you note, this is historic. There have been 115 Supreme Court justices, 108 of them have been white men. She is also a former criminal defense attorney. How would she impact the court?”