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KBJ: "I would note that I am pleased to be the sixth woman nominated to serve on the Supreme Court."

How quickly we forget about Harriet Miers.

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Judge Jackson has submitted her responses to written questions. I haven't read through the entire packet, but I did find one error. She wrote on p. 64 of the PDF:

Finally, I would note that I am pleased to be the sixth woman nominated to serve on the Supreme Court.

Harriet Miers would beg to differ.

Josh Blackman is a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and the President of the Harlan Institute. Follow him @JoshMBlackman.