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The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the high court.
The United States makes history as the Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. The upper chamber of Congress erupts in applause as the 51-year-old is approved by a vote of 53 to 47 that ensures white men will not be the majority on the nation's high court for the first time in 233 years. IMAGES
Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrated her confirmation as the first Black woman appointed to the nation's highest judicial bench.
US President Joe Biden lauds "uniquely accomplished" Supreme Court candidate Ketanji Brown Jackson as he nominates her to be the first Black woman to serve on the court.
"This is a tremendously historic day in the White House and in the country and this is a fulfillment of a promise the president made to the country," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters after the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. SOUNDBITE
US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to defend the "grand experiment of American democracy" as she launches a historic bid to be the first Black woman on the country's highest judicial bench.
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