U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has her final stately ceremony before the high court begins working on Monday.
"I think it’s important that the Supreme Court has different points of view," explains Vivian King with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. A former classmate of the now- Supreme Court Judge nominee joins the Factor to share the history-making journey from their time together in Harvard.
'"She has trail blazed a path for us, and she’s made the seemingly impossible possible for young African American public servants such as myself," says Harris County Felony Prosecutor Raven Hoff.Vivian King is the First Assistant and Chief of Staff in the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, second only to D.A. Kim Ogg. She is sharing in the excitement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s first Black woman.Thursday was the final day of her confirmation hearings.
Assistant District Attorney Mariah Myles says in school she was discouraged from choosing this occupation and was told. "I had to fight and struggle to have a voice, and I’ve watched a lot of young Black prosecutors and defense attorneys be afraid to speak in the courtroom, afraid of not being acknowledged, not being respected," King adds.
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