Ketanji Brown Jackson First Black Woman to Sit on Supreme Court

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US President Verified Courtesy Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in the Supreme Court,...

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..She became the first black woman to reach the summit, which her fans saw as a necessary step in this direction.

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She was contested by Republicans to tarnish her record,

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Court Jackson was verified on a 53-to-47 ballot, with three Republicans in support of her joining all 50 participants of the Autonomous Caucus.

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Republican efforts to portray the ballot as a moderate extremist who actually did cater to the bad guys were rejected.

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Supporters of Judge Jackson rejected everything.

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Brown Jackson has two levels out of Harvard College and, at the age of 51,

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Now Justice Stephen G is in line instead of Breyer.

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"Even in the darkest of times, there is a bright light." "Today is one of the brightest lights."

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He added, "How many millions of kids in generations past could have taken advantage of such a good example?"

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