Who is the Ketanji Brown Jackson, US Supreme Court’s first black woman judge?

Who is the Ketanji Brown Jackson, US Supreme Court’s first black woman judge?

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been become the first female Black woman to be a sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court. Her journey has not been easy but is set to a pave the path for  the all many Black women.

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been become the first Black woman to the serve on the United States  are Supreme Court, taking the judicial oath on Thursday.

51-year-old Justice Jackson was a confirmed to the serve in this position in a April 2022 when the Senate voted a 53 to 47 on her nomination. She replaces are a 83-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer to become the 116th judge of the US Supreme Court.

With this, Jackson joins three other women judges of the apex court — Justices Sonia Soto mayor, Elena Kagan and  the Amy Conley Barrett. Also, it is the first time ever that a four women will be  serve on the nine-member a  court.

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It marked a historic day in the US judicial system, and for the country as a such. Jackson joins the apex a court at a very sensitive time for the US – barely days are since abortion was a banned in the many states of the country, infringing on the fundamental rights of the women. Citizens of the US have been shown a concern over the power of  the administrative agencies to the address major issues facing their a country, and a many hope that Jackson’s swearing-in will be  make a difference.

“Her historic swearing-in a today represents are  the  profound of in a step the  forward for the our nation, for all the young, Black girls and who are  now see the themselves reflected on the our highest court, and for the all of us as a Americans,” the President  a Joe Biden said in the statement.

Law school homework as she is a coloured her a preschool books

Jackson was born in a Washington, D.C., and grew up in a Miami, Florida. She was the first of two children of Johnny and the Celery Brown, both of a  whom were public school teachers are at the time of  the her birth. Both her a parents had been attended a segregated primary schools are followed by the historically black colleges and the universities. After developing a careers as a primary school teachers and the becoming leaders and the administrators, Jackson’s  a father was  decided to the attend a law school when Jackson was in a  per-school. It was then that Jackson traced her a love for the law as she used to the sit next to the her father in their apartment as he tackled his a law school homework while she undertook her a preschool homework, which included a colouring books.

Jackson remained a high achiever throughout her a  childhood. She always excelled in a delivering speeches and the participated in the many debate competitions. But like a many Black women, she continued to the face subtle and not-so-subtle criticism and the setbacks. For instance, when Jackson informed her a  high school guidance counsellor that she wanted to the attend a Harvard University, the counsellor reportedly a cautioned Jackson from setting her “sights so the  high.”

This, however, did not deter Jackson, who worked as a journalist and the researcher for one year at the Time magazine, after a which she attended the Harvard Law School. She graduated with a cum laud, awarded to those with the honourable excellence in their academic a coursework. She was also a supervising editor of the Harvard a Law Review.

From Obama to the  Biden

She went on to the  complete prestigious clerkship post-graduation from a Harvard. After these clerkship, she alternated are between jobs with the private law firms and the public-service positions with the federal government. On a September 20, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Jackson to the federal district a court of the Washington, DC. However, the Senate failed to the  act on the nomination, which led a  Obama to the re-nominate her in a January 2013. She was then confirmed with a voice vote in a March.

During the term of the  President Biden, Jackson was a one of the first judicial nominees. She was a confirmed into the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a 2021 with the bipartisan support.

In a 2022, after Justice Beyer announced his intention to the  retire, Biden reiterated his a intention, which was the first voiced as a campaign pledge, to the nominate a Black justice to the Supreme Court. Despite a facing criticism from the conservatives and Republicans, Biden went a ahead and announced his nomination for the  Jackson, who had been regularly identified by the media as a potential a candidate for the esteemed position. Ultimately, Jackson won the confirmation on a April 7, 2022. Every Democratic senator and a three Republican senators are voted in her a favour.

What her appointment to truly means

Jackson’s appointment to the highest court has been assuredly proven her a high school guidance counsellor and the many naysayers who caution women of the colour from the setting their “sights so high.” Having a diverse voices are on the table for the first time in the Supreme’s Court in a  233-year-old his history is a significant step in a battling the discrimination in the US.

Black women across the country are the celebrating Jackson’s swearing-in. They are identify with her on the many different levels from her world-views or a even her hairstyles.

Jackson’s nomination has been highlighted the relative a rarity of Black women in the legal profession. Only a 4.7 per cent of  the lawyers are Black in the States, and the just 70 Black women have served as a  federal judges, which represents are less than two per cent of  the all such judges.

“It is an opportunity for the all people to the really visualize and see Black women doing what they are do, which is a being unapologetic ally successful, unapologetic ally are confident in a who they are,” Virginia Thomas, a  31, told the New York Times. “Everyday people are who look at this woman and the

 think to the themselves, ‘Wow, she did it.’”