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184 CHAPTER 6 %u2022 The Federal JudiciaryIn this chapter, we discuss the creation of the Court from its inception during the Constitutional Convention to the debates surrounding its role in%u00a0politics today. Along the way, we will learn about the function, powers, and limitations of the Supreme Court, and we will examine the lasting legacy%u00a0of Chief Justice John Marshall. But first, we begin with the stories of Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson, which illustrate the hard work,%u00a0determination, and commitment it takes to become a Supreme Court justice.Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson: Service and InspirationAmy Coney Barrett was the youngest person on the Supreme Court at the time of her appointment in 2020, following a distinguished legal career. She earned a BA in English from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, graduating magna cum laude and becoming a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a prestigious academic honor society.1 Barrett attended law school at Notre Dame, and graduated from law school summa cum laude. Following law school, Barrett clerked first for a DC Circuit judge, and then for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, before moving on to a private law firm. In 2001, Barrett became a John M. Olin Fellow at Law at George Washington University Law School, and in 2002, she Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett (far right) at her confirmation hearing. Her husband, himself a lawyer in private practice, stands behind her, and their seven children are pictured on the left. Throughout her career, Justice Barrett, who frequently serves hot lunches at her kids%u2019 school when not working on Court business,3 has prioritized her family and her Catholic faith. She has noted the challenges that she and other working mothers face pursuing a professional career.DEMETRIUS FREEMAN/Getty ImagesSupreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (center) at her confirmation hearing sitting with her husband, a surgeon, and their two daughters. In a lecture given at the University of Georgia in 2017, Jackson said, %u201cRight now%u00a0.%u00a0.%u00a0. I%u2019m in that peculiar stage of life when I experience near-daily whiplash from the jarring juxtaposition of my two most significant roles: U.S. district judge on the one hand and mother of teenage daughters on the other.%u201d4J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/Getty Images%u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Do not distribute.