Progressive politicians, activists, and advocacy groups on Thursday cheered as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman and first public defender to serve on the nation's highest judicial body. 'Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's rise to the Supreme Court is a moment unlike any other in our nation's history.
'Black voters and activists made President Biden promise to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court, and Black voters and activists made him keep that promise.' Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law president and executive director Damon Hewitt said that 'Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's rise to the Supreme Court is a moment unlike any other in our nation's history.
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