When watching Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson endure racial insult after insult during her confirmation hearings over the past few days, one person kept coming to mind: Jackie Robinson. The reason goes beyond the obvious one. Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947. Jackson will likely become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and create her own form of immortality. Jackson is like Robinson in another way, and that's temperament. Her even, calm demeanor, in addition to her maybe unparalleled qualifications, is one of her strongest assets. In this way, both Jackson and Robinson are linked beyond their status as firsts. Full column from @usatodaysports Mike Freeman at our 🔗 IN BIO.