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==Personal life==
In January 2022, ''The New York Times'' reported that Jackson had "not yet written a body of appeals court opinions expressing a legal philosophy" because she had joined the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the summer of 2021. However, ''The Times'' said, Jackson's earlier rulings "comported with those of a liberal-leaning judge", including her opinions blocking various Trump administration actions.<ref name="nyt" /> Additionally, a review of over 500 of her judicial opinions indicates she would likely be as liberal as Justice [[Stephen Breyer]], the justice she is nominated to replace.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liptak |first1=Adam |title=Judge Jackson’s Rulings: Detailed, Methodical and Leaning Left |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/supreme-court-kentaji-brown-jackson-rulings.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 February 2022 |date=25 February 2022}}</ref>
In 1996, Jackson married surgeon Patrick G. Jackson, a sixth-generation Harvard graduate, whose family is considered Boston Brahmin.<ref name="wapo2022-02-25">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Roxanne |title=How Paul Ryan is related to Ketanji Brown Jackson |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/02/25/paul-ryan-ketanji-brown-jackson/ |publisher=Washington Post |date=2022-02-25}}</ref> Jackson is descended from delegate to the Continental Congress, Jonathan Jackson, and is related to Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jonathan Jackson |url=https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Jonathan-Jackson/p452870 |website=Our Family Tree |quote=Jonathan Jackson → James Jackson → Francis Henry Jackson → James Tracy Jackson → James Tracy Jackson, Jr. → Francis Gardner Jackson → Francis Gardner Jackson, Jr. → Patrick Graves Jackson}}</ref> The couple have two daughters. Patrick Jackson's twin brother is the brother-in-law of Janna Ryan, wife of former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.<ref name="Goldstein2016">{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Goldstein |date=February 16, 2016 |title=Continued thoughts on the next nominee (and impressions of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson) |url=http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/continued-thoughts-on-the-next-nominee-and-impressions-of-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson/amp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317144856/http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/continued-thoughts-on-the-next-nominee-and-impressions-of-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson/amp/ |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=March 16, 2017 |newspaper=SCOTUSblog}}</ref>

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In January 2022, The New York Times reported that Jackson had "not yet written a body of appeals court opinions expressing a legal philosophy" because she had joined the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the summer of 2021. However, The Times said, Jackson's earlier rulings "comported with those of a liberal-leaning judge", including her opinions blocking various Trump administration actions.[1] Additionally, a review of over 500 of her judicial opinions indicates she would likely be as liberal as Justice Stephen Breyer, the justice she is nominated to replace.[2]

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  2. Judge Jackson’s Rulings: Detailed, Methodical and Leaning Left, (25 February 2022)