CNN: Biden To Nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court

CNN is reporting that President Biden will select Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court, according to a source who has been notified about the decision. https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1497209269472698373 Jackson’s nomination would set 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.

Biden first committed to nominating a Black female US Supreme Court justice when he was running for president in 2020. On a debate stage in South Carolina, Biden argued that his push to make “sure there’s a Black woman on the Supreme Court” was rooted in an effort to “get everyone represented.”

Read more about Jackson and her legal career here. https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1497214959696154631 https://twitter.com/AprilDRyan/status/1497209220059439104