Black Excellence
JUDGE
31
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON Makes History By Christiana Giwa
After 233 years, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first African American woman on the Supreme Court. “For too long, our government, our courts haven’t looked like America,” Biden said. Out of 115 justices nominated to the court, 108 justices have been white men, five justices have been women, and only two justices are African American men. Biden made a campaign promise to nominate an African American woman to the Supreme Court. Jackson was a staff reporter and researcher for Time Magazine and graduated from Harvard Law school with honors. She served as a law clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer from 1999 to 2000. She was then nominated by President Obama to the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. In 2021, she was nominated by President Biden to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C circuit. Biden wants Jackson to be confirmed no later than Easter. She only needs 51 votes to be confirmed by the Senate.
