When Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as a new U.S. Supreme Court justice, she will face some important construction-related matters, including the latest in a series of cases aimed at defining, or redefining, the scope of federal jurisdiction over wetlands, certain types of streams and other bodies of water.
The Senate on April 7 voted 53-47 to confirm Jackson to be an associate justice on the High Court. Three Republicans—Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—joined all 48 Democrats and two Independents to approve Brown to be the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.