Judge Amy Berman Jackson
District of Columbia District Court
Amy Berman Jackson was born in July 1954 in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and received her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She clerked at the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Berman Jackson served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for six years before entering the private practice of law. During that time, she also served as a legal commentator for multiple news outlets.
Berman Jackson was nominated by President Barack Obama to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2010. Her nomination lapsed without action, and President Obama renominated her again in January 2011. She was confirmed by the Senate and received her commission in March 2011.
Judge Berman Jackson is divorced from Darryl Jackson, and they have two children. She is Jewish.
In the News…
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson vacated and remanded letters from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins approving a ban of the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for soft drinks and soda. The restriction was permitted by President Donald Trump’s administration in the form of waivers requested by states, which were endorsed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The judge ruled that SNAP funds may be used for items the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 defines as “food.”
Judge Berman Jackson wrote, ““Congress defined what ‘food’ is supposed to be, and it did not authorize the agency to amend or waive the definition it enacted. It did not authorize the agency to cut types of food out of SNAP entirely.”
The judge continued, “It set out clearly the type of experimental projects that could be tested to address the unquestionably serious health issues attributed to the rise of obesity in the population in general and particularly the low-income population.”
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The Honorable Amy Berman Jackson
U.S. District Court for District of Columbia
333 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
