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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 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]
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.
Jackson, 52, was appointed by President Biden to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who retired in June when he was 83. She is the Supreme Court’s 116th justice and the first Black woman.
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 21 ...
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson? Here's what to know about the woman who could become the first Black woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court.
Among the current members of the court, Clarence Thomas's tenure of 12,132 days (33 years, 78 days) [B] is the longest, while Ketanji Brown Jackson's 924 days (2 years, 193 days) [B] is the shortest. The table below ranks all United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.
Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed Breyer, [5] and she was confirmed by the Senate. [6] Breyer remained on the Court until it went into its summer recess on June 30, at which point Jackson was sworn in, [7] becoming the first black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court. [8] [9]