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Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn into office that same year. [1] [2] She is the first black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court. Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Miami, Florida.
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to a seat vacated by the retirement of Stephen Breyer, making Jackson the first African-American woman to be nominated to the court. [41] The Senate confirmed Jackson on April 7, 2022, and she joined the court two months later. [42]
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the position of associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to fill the vacancy by Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement on January 27, 2022, at the age of 83.
In 2022, Justice Stephen Breyer (appointed by President Bill Clinton) retired and was replaced by Ketanji Brown Jackson (appointed by President Joe Biden). Jackson is widely considered to be, like Breyer, an ideological liberal. [46]
Judge Circuit State Began active service Ended active service Ended senior status Reason for termination Appointed by 1: William H. Hastie: Third: VI: October 21, 1949
On February 25, Biden announced his nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, a former clerk of Breyer and judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to succeed Breyer on the Supreme Court. [104] The U.S. Senate confirmed Jackson by a vote of 53–47 on April 7, 2022. [105]
On February 22, it was reported that Biden had met with his top three contenders, Ketanji Brown Jackson, J. Michelle Childs and Leondra Kruger. [10] [11] On February 25, it was announced that Biden would nominate Judge Jackson. [12] [6] [13] [14] On April 7, 2022, Jackson was confirmed by a vote of 53–47. [15]
This is the third term of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's tenure on the Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson 2024 term statistics (in progress) 1