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Will Ketanji Brown Jackson be able to transcend her pro-Israel influences?

Alison Weir April 12, 2022 Abe Fortas, Beys Afroyim, Democratic Majority for Israel, DMFI, dual citizen, georgetown day school, israel democracy institute, Ketanji Brown Jackson, louis wolfson, Nathan Lewin, ossoff, palmetto senior high school, ruth bader ginsburg, saris, selya, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, susan gelman, warnock

An extraordinary constellation of pro-Israel influences have pervaded Ketanji Brown Jackson’s life and in some cases assisted her career… As a Supreme Court Justice, will she be able to live up to her pledge to interpret the law ‘without fear or favor’ ? In the past, a Supreme Court ruling influenced by Israel partisans destroyed a 200-year American tradition…

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Flashback: AIPAC claims victory in Supreme Court ruling (1998)

[email protected] September 25, 2020 2020 U.S. Elections, AIPAC, American Jewish Congress, Charles Percy, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, James Akins, Marc Stern, Paul Findley, ruth bader ginsburg, Seth P. Waxman, Seth Waxman, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee claimed victory in a 9-year-old legal standoff with critics of U.S. policy toward Israel. The Supreme Court ruling made it unlikely that the pro-Israel lobby would have to disclose information about its membership and expenditures… An attorney for AIPAC said the high court “did exactly what we asked.” Stephen Breyer wrote the opinion (RBG concurred)…

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