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The Supreme Court released its final merit opinions on the morning of June 30, 2022. At noon, Breyer officially retired and Jackson was sworn in, becoming the first Black woman [14] [12] and the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court.
Jackson is the first Black woman in U.S. history to be nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Her nomination was sent to the Senate on February 28, [ 7 ] and her confirmation hearings were held by the Senate Judiciary Committee from March 21 to 24, 2022. [ 8 ]
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
Becoming the first Black woman Supreme Court justice in 2022 had generated a wave of curiosity about the details of her life, she wrote in the book. After her nomination, reporters dug into her ...
Ketanji Brown Jackson made history on Thursday after officially being sworn in as the first Black woman justice to serve The post Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman Supreme ...
Vice President Kamala Harris and Cedric Richmond are some of the names inside of the White House working on what The post Black woman Supreme Court justice nom recalls Biden-Anita Hill history as ...
She becomes the 116th justice and first federal public defender in the court’s history, fulfilling Biden’s campaign promise of appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
Leah Ward Sears (née Leah Jeanette Sears; [1] born June 13, 1955) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. [2]