Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson
to Supreme Court
Posted By: Dreadnought, 4/7/2022 2:33:36 PM
The Senate voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Jackson was nominated by President Biden after Justice Stephen Breyer announced in February that he will retire by summer. Jackson will join Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor in the Court’s liberal minority. Biden fulfilled a campaign pledge by nominating the first black woman to the Court. Jackson will be the third African American justice confirmed to the Court, after Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.
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