Newly-confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson The U.S. Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding, has just voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
The historic vote — with Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine joining Senate Democrats to put the tally at 53-47 — makes Brown the first Black woman to sit on the U.S.’s highest court.
Wesley Story, communications director at Progress Texas, said, “This is a monumental moment in our nation’s history. Jackson has opened up a door that’s been closed for far too long.
We look forward to many powerful dissents from Justice Jackson, dissents that will become the roadmap to a more just future.