US confirms ‘historic’ rise of first African-American woman to Supreme Court

U.S. Senate confirms appointment Thursday Ketanji Brown Jackson, elected to the Supreme Court by President Joe Bidenthus becoming the first African-American woman to sit on the Supreme Court in its 232-year history.

Jackson, Colloquially known as “KBJ,” passed Senate test with 53 votes in favor: All 50 Democrats and three moderate Republicans (Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Mitt Romney of Utah). Another 47 Republican senators voted against.

US President Joe Biden celebrates as “historic moment” and A key step in “diversity” In fact, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson. Biden invited Jackson to the White House to follow the Senate confirmation vote.

“Judge Jackson’s confirmation is a historic moment for our country,” Biden later tweeted. “We’re Taking Another Step To Make Our Supreme Court Reflect America’s Diversity. She will be an incredible Supreme Court justice and it is an honor to share this moment with her. “

vote Lasts longer than expected Because it took Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky more than 15 minutes to show up to vote, which was against Jackson.

Jackson was watching the vote with Biden in the Roosevelt Room, according to the White House.

Harris chairs the meeting

Chaired by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who chairs the Senate, he also made history by becoming the first African-American and the first American of Indian or Asian descent to become U.S. Vice President.

Harris Read the poll results with a smile The half-wheeler involuntarily burst into applause.

Jackson’s confirmation in the Senate, who has served as a judge on the District of Columbia’s Court of Appeals since last year, was taken for granted because Democrats alone have the necessary simple majority.

“East it’s a nice dayit’s a day of joy, it’s an inspiring day,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said ahead of the vote.

Schumer was reminded of images of American children who would soon be able to open their books at school and inspired to see an African-American woman sitting on the Supreme Court.

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Jackson’s entry into the high court would not change its ideological makeup, which, like six conservative justices and three progressive justices, leaned more to the right than at any time since the 1930s.

However, Jackson’s experience was different from other judges. For example, she would be the first judge with experience serving as a public defender for the under-resourced.

from Daughter of 51-year-old public school teacherJackson also worked with the U.S. Sentencing Commission to reduce sentences for most federal drug crimes, including cocaine, which freed at least 1,800 inmates and shortened the sentences of about 12,000.

Jackson will succeed the Supreme Court’s progressive Justice Stephen Breyer, who has announced his intention to retire at the end of judicial courses in June or July.

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