Biden To Nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson To SCOTUS

CNN reports:

President Biden has selected Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court, according to a source who has been notified about the decision, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation.

Jackson, 51, currently sits on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Jackson has served as an assistant federal public defender, a commissioner on the US Sentencing Commission, a lawyer in private practice and on two prestigious federal courts.

Last June, the Senate confirmed Jackson by a 53-44 vote. As an appellate judge, she signed on to the recent opinion ordering the disclosure of Trump White House documents being sought by the House Jan. 6 committee.

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BREAKING: President Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. If confirmed, she’ll be the first Black woman to sit on the court https://t.co/26N9QYKokW

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