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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 2013–2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 53–44 on the nomination on Jun 14, 2021 (Nomination Confirmed). Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn into office that same year. She is the first Black woman, the first former federal public defender, and the sixth woman to serve on the U.S.
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Positions
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States2022-06-30
Senate confirmation votes
- United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed53–44 · Jun 14, 2021 - an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed53–47 · Apr 7, 2022
Education
- Harvard UniversityB.A., 1992
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1996
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1996-1997; Law clerk, Hon. Bruce M. Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1997-1998; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999, 2002-2003, 2007-2010; Law clerk, Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000; Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000-2002; Assistant special counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2003-2005; Assistant federal public defender, District of Columbia, 2005-2007; Vice chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2010-2014
Biography
Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn into office that same year. She is the first Black woman, the first former federal public defender, and the sixth woman to serve on the U.S.
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