24 hours after the Senate confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House is celebrating a “great victory.
The new justice of the highest court in the United States was received with great fanfare by President and Vice President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris respectively.
It was an opportunity for the judge at the Court of Appeals of Washington DC to thank the head of the American State and to reiterate her love for her country and the Constitution. In her speech, Ms. Jackson referred to the court decisions she has rendered over the past decade, during which she said she has done everything in her power to maintain her independence and do her “best to stay in my lane and reach a result consistent with my understanding of the law and the obligation to rule independently without fear or favor.”
“I am humbled and honored to continue in this way as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court working with brilliant colleagues, supporting and defending the Constitution, and standing firm for the rule of law,” she said.
In her speech on the White House lawn on Friday, the renowned attorney took time to address black American women. “It took 232 years and 115 prior nominations for a black woman to be chosen to serve on the United States Supreme Court. But we did it. We did it. All of us. “, said the 51-year-old judge.
For his part, the head of the U.S. state stressed the historic nature of the confirmation of Ms. Jackson.
“This is not just a sunny day, I mean it from the bottom of my heart. This is going to shine so much sunshine on so many young women, so many young black women,” Biden said. “We’re going to look back, not to do with me, we’re going to look back and see this as a moment of real change in American history,” hammered Joseph Robinette Biden.
The ceremony was kicked off by Vice President Kamala Harris, who also emphasized the historic significance of Justice Jackson’s confirmation, which she said “will answer fundamental questions about who we are and what kind of country we live in.”
The ceremony was attended by several senior members of the U.S. government. Members of the judge’s family at the Washington DC Court of Appeals also took part in the event.
The choice of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate with 53 votes for and 47 against.
Less than a year ago the Harvard University alumna was confirmed by the upper chamber as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Prior to that position, she served from 2013 to 2021 as a U.S. District Judge. She was also a vice president and sentencing commissioner until 2014. She also has a rich career in private practice as a criminal attorney. She will be the one and only Supreme Court justice with this specialization.