The Senate has confirmed Jackson's nomination as a judge of the United States Supreme Court
The United States Senate on Thursday approved Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48. With this approval, she is now the first African-American or the first black woman judge in the United States Supreme Court.
Vice President Kamala Harris presided over this historic moment, although Democrats did not need a tie-breaking vote in the equally divided Senate to ensure Jackson.
Three Republicans - Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney - voted in favor of the 51-year-old, the third African-American judge in the history of the Supreme Court.
In a four-day hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, Democrats praised Jackson for the depth of his experience. He has served as a judge at the federal and appellate levels for nearly 10 years, and has served on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Justice Bray was replaced by President Joe Biden, who nominated Jackson.
"He is a legal genius of the generation," Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin said before his confirmation vote on Thursday.
"With the assurance of Judge Ketanzi Brown Jackson in the Supreme Court of the country, we are not only making history, we are carrying on a great American tradition - to elevate one of the best and brightest in our country's legal world to this honorable position of service," Durbin said. There is no one else worthy of this high honor. As we learned last month, he is the best of us. He has dedicated his life to the service of our country. He has done this at every level of the federal judiciary and in every case he has distinguished himself. "
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