President Biden has nominated federal judge and former public defender Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. She previously served as a clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement in January. Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court bench. She spoke from the White House Friday after accepting Biden’s nomination.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: “If I am fortunate enough to be confirmed as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, I can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the Constitution, and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and the sacred principles upon which this great nation was founded will inspire future generations of Americans.”