The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. She was confirmed in a 53 to 47 vote, with three Republicans voting alongside DemocratsJudge Jackson will replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring this summer. And she watched the vote with President Biden at the White House.
Judge Jackson will replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring this summer. And she watched the vote with President Biden at the White House.
Jackson’s confirmation hearings were a grueling process, with the US appeals court judge at times subjected to questioning and accusations by Republicans that legal experts have denounced as unfair and misleading.
During the confirmation, Sen. Josh Hawley misleadingly claimed she had been lenient toward offenders guilty of child-sexual-abuse-image offences, in a line of attack criticized by the White House as a dog whistle to the far-right QAnon movement.
Video shows Republicans walking out of the Senate chamber as Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the first Black female Supreme Court justice.
(Video courtesy of PBS)
Some Republicans walk out during the applause. Mitt Romney stays and continues to clap pic.twitter.com/b9z8huQQIY
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