A Bay Area judge who managed to shatter glass ceilings talked with KPIX about the significance of the Senate's confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
SAN JOSE — Thursday night, the U.S. Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court.
“I was standing in my kitchen, watching the TV and I watched the vote as it went down. I was clapping too. I’m so happy for her and I’m happy for America.”“We are finally, slowly, getting to the point where we’re going to have a Supreme Court that looks like America,” Cordell said. Newly confirmed Justice Jackson is a former public defender and trial court judge. She will be the fourth person of color and the sixth woman in the high court’s 233-year history.Republicans said Jackson is soft on crime and is an extremist.
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