Ketanji Brown Jackson will be just the third Black justice, after Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, and the sixth woman.
The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
She told senators she would apply the law “without fear or favor,” and pushed back on Republican attempts to portray her as too lenient on criminals she had sentenced. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said ahead of the vote that Jackson’s confirmation would be a “joyous day -- joyous for the Senate, joyous for the Supreme Court, joyous for America.”. The final tally was far from the overwhelming bipartisan confirmations for Breyer and other justices in decades past, but it was still a significant bipartisan accomplishment for Biden in the 50-50 split Senate after GOP senators aggressively worked to paint Jackson as too liberal and soft on crime.
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