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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.
[27] [28] [29] Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell characterized Jackson as "the favored choice of far-left dark-money groups that have spent years attacking the legitimacy and structure of the court itself". [27] The Republican National Committee called Jackson "a radical, left-wing activist who would rubberstamp Biden's disastrous agenda".
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]
The two most recently appointed justices were women, and one a woman of color. Ketanji Brown Jackson, previously a federal appeals court judge, in 2022 became the first Black woman on the high court.
Jackson, 51, took the constitutional oath from Chief Justice John Roberts and judicial oath from 83-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer, whose retirement became official just minutes before the ...
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th ...
As of January 4, 2025, the length of service for the nine incumbent justices ranges from Clarence Thomas's 33 years, 73 days to Ketanji Brown Jackson's 2 years, 188 days. Five individuals, who were confirmed for associate justice, were later appointed chief justice separately: John Rutledge , [ a ] Edward Douglass White , [ b ] Charles Evans ...
Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2022 ... The 54-year-old will become the first Supreme Court justice to make ...