Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed to Supreme Court: Stars React
etonline.comJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, and the world is celebrating her place in history as the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.Jackson, who will be the second-youngest justice at 51 years old, is the first former federal public defender to ever be nominated to the Supreme Court.
She will be the only justice besides Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the high court with actual trial experience. Her appointment also marks the first time two African Americans will sit on the Supreme Court simultaneously, and the first time there will be four women on the high court serving together.«This is a wonderful day, a joyous day, an inspiring day for the Senate, for the Supreme Court and for the United States of America,» Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said before the vote. «Today is one of the brightest lights, and let us hope it's a metaphor, an indication of many more bright lights to come.»Politicians like Representative Ilhan Omar, Hillary Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared similar sentiments on their social media accounts. «Georgians sent Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to the Senate which made today possible,» Rep.
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