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Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In As 1st Black Woman On Supreme Court

Today, just after 12pm ET, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
L-R Ketanji Brown Jackson, Patrick G. Jackson, Chief Justice John Roberts (screen capture)

Today, just after 12pm ET, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.

During the livestreamed event Jackson swore to two oaths: a constitutional oath, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, and a judicial oath, administered by Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring.

I have the brief ceremony cued up below:

From NPR:

Jackson, 51, has been confirmed since April, when the Senate voted 53 to 47 on her nomination.

All 50 Senate Democrats, including the two independents and three Republicans — Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted in favor of Jackson’s confirmation. The vote was lauded as a “historic moment” by Democrats, though the confirmation process was filled with clashes between the parties over Jackson’s past judicial decisions.

Jackson served eight years as a federal trial court judge and last June was confirmed for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia after also being nominated for that post by Biden.