Jackson sworn in as the first African-American female justice of the US Supreme Court

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as a justice of the United States Supreme Court on Friday, thus becoming the first African-American woman in the Constitutional Court.

Jackson’s inauguration It took place at the Supreme Court, in Washington DC, and was attended by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Jackson, 52, was nominated by the US head of state and will be part of a progressive minority in the body.

Chief Justice John Roberts wished the 52-year-old Jackson a “long and happy career in our common calling,” the traditional welcome to a new justice.

During the ceremony, Jackson also followed the custom of all other new justices since 1972 and sat in a chair that once belonged to John Marshall, who served as Chief Justice for 34 years in the early 19th century.

Friday’s ceremony included a reading of the commission that appointed Jackson to the court. He also repeated the oath he took when he formally joined the court in June, just after Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement.

jackson was confirmed in april with a 53-47 vote in the Senate, with three Republican senators joining all Democrats in supporting her.

Jackson is the first female judge appointed by a Democratic president since Justice Elena Kagan joined the court in 2010, thanks to former President Barack Obama’s nomination.

^{* With information from The Associated Press.}

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