The Thursday vote marks a historic moment for the high court and a massive victory for President Joe Biden.
The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Thursday afternoon, marking a historic moment for the high court and a massive victory for President Joe Biden.
Jackson was approved, 53-47, on Thursday afternoon with the support of three Republicans. The vote makes Jackson the first Black female justice and delivers Democrats their first high-court seat in 12 years.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the first female Black vice president, oversaw the vote in a Senate chamber packed for the occasion. Senators voted from their desks, a decorum befitting the gravity of the confirmation vote of a Supreme Court justice.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Three Republicans joined with all Democrats to support her. https://t.co/Hclj9on7l3
— POLITICO (@politico) April 7, 2022
BREAKING: The Senate votes 53-47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Jackson becomes the first African-American woman ever confirmed to sit on the country's highest court. https://t.co/tNUYqrtppa pic.twitter.com/2vO98KaLyW
— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2022
Honestly — the “historic” adjective is lost on me. I never really cared about Judge Jackson’s race or gender. I just wanted someone qualified to do the job. And she does have the education and experience. Ok, so she will most likely side with the liberal end of the Court. But I don’t know that the so-called conservative side necessarily follows the Constitution either. This Court has made some boneheaded rulings of late. Perhaps this new Justice will bring the Court back to the straight and narrow.
Some Republicans walk out during the applause. Mitt Romney stays and continues to clap pic.twitter.com/b9z8huQQIY
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 7, 2022
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