Ketanji Brown Jackson is an American-based lawyer and judge who has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2021.
She is a qualified associate judge of the United States Supreme Court.
She was born on September 14, 1970, in Washington, D.C., United States.
An alumni of Harvard University, Ketanji has made a remarkable feat as the first black female justice.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: Which Republican senators voted Yes?
The statements of support from Senators Collins, Murkowski, and Romney made Ketanji Jackson possible.
By a vote of 53 to 47, three Republicans crossed the aisle to confirm her appointment.
The election of Justice Jackson fulfills President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court.
Ketanji Jackson now 51 years of age, will take over for Justice Stephen Breyer, a fellow liberal judge for whom she clerked when he retires in June.
The lifetime appointment will most certainly keep Ketanji Jackson on the bench for decades, but it will not modify the existing court’s ideological balance, which really is 6-3 conservative.
