more than 230 years After its establishment, United States Supreme Court will have it for the first time black judge. Ketanji Brown JacksonThe magistrate, nominated by United States President Joe Biden to take over from Stephen Breyer when he retires in the summer, confirmed by the Senate this Thursday for this lifetime position. three republicans (Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney) 50 Democratic senators To confirm Brown Jackson in a vote he chaired Kamala Harris, The country’s first black female vice president.
Confirm with this 53-47 from 51-year-old progressive judge it does not change the fundamental ideological composition that is now solid and decisive. conservative majority 6-3 to the Almighty, His symbolic and historical weightHowever, it is extraordinary and breaks one of the highest and most important. glass ceilings remained in the US government.
At the highest level of the judiciary, Before Brown Jackson, only seven were not white menIncluding two of the current magistrates: black judge Clarence Thomas and judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first female representative of a Hispanic and racial minority to the Supreme Court.
embarrassing process.
Brown Jackson’s approval followed six weeks There was an intense process in the Senate. republicans we made one brutal smear campaign against the judge. They tried to describe it as “the one”.activist judge”, “extremist” and “radical leftist”” and also questioned his track record by trying to make him look too soft on criminals, especially those who committed sexual crimes, or to defend him as a public defender of terrorists.
Several Republican senators also tried to corner Brown Jackson. culture wars It has taken a central place in political, social and judicial life in the United States. And confirmation sessions left embarrassing moments, for example, where she was asked to define what it means to be a woman or to take a stance on racial issues.
brown Jackson patiently endured In those days and the only black senator to attend these sessions, Democrat Cory Booker was visibly impressed when he applauded not only his courage but also his historic path to the nomination. brown Jackson daughter of public school teachers. I graduated from Harvard. served and gone Vice President of the Criminal Committee and came federal judiciary nominated by Barack Obama. Like the iconic civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall, who was the first black Supreme Court justice, experience as a criminal lawyer and is the first person to have previously served on the Supreme Court. public defender.
Biden Celebration
This Thursday Brown Jackson Followed by the vote from the White House With Biden, who hugged him after approval and then shared a photo and message on social networks.
“We have taken another step to reflect our highest court. America’s diversity”, Biden wrote, is scheduled to appear at the White House with Brown Jackson this Friday as well.