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Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as First Black Woman SCOTUS Justice 

HeadlineFeb 25, 2022

President Biden has nominated federal judge and former public defender Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. The 51-year-old once served as a law clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement from the High Court in January. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination comes exactly two years to the day after Biden vowed on the campaign trail to nominate the first Black woman Supreme Court justice.

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