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Biden names Judge Ketanji Jackson to Supreme Court in historic pick

WASHINGTON — President Biden has selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, a history-making choice that would make her the first Black woman to ascend to the high court. The president announced his decision in a statement on Twitter and planned to deliver remarks later Friday. Jackson, 51, a U.S. appeals court judge in Washington, had been the front runner for the ...
Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 28, 2021, in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON — President Biden has selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, a history-making choice that would make her the first Black woman to ascend to the high court.

The president announced his decision in a statement on Twitter and planned to deliver

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