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    Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

    WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, promoting the appellate judge to a lifetime seat no Black woman has ever occupied. Jackson, 51, becomes only the sixth woman and third Black justice to ascend to the high court, which will for the first time have two Black members, three members of color and four women. Jackson shattered the ...
    by Nolan D. McCaskill and David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Apr 07, 2022 4 minutes
    Sherrod Brown, D- Ohio, in his office on Capitol Hill, on April 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm her, making her the first Black woman to ascend to the high court.

    WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, promoting the appellate judge to a lifetime seat no Black woman has ever occupied.

    Jackson, 51, becomes only the sixth woman and third Black justice to ascend to the high court, which will for the first time have two Black members, three members of color and four women.

    Jackson shattered the proverbial glass ceiling with the Senate’s 53-47 confirmation vote. Three Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah — joined every Democrat in supporting President Joe Biden’s historic nominee.

    Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., presided over the Senate as it

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