Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

News -- April 7, 2022: The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on today to a life term on the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Brown will be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. 

She was confirmed 53-47, mostly along party lines but with three Republican votes. Presiding was Vice President Kamala Harris.

Jackson, 51, is a U.S. Appeals Court judge and former federal prosecutor who has served for nine years on the bench of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. She will be replacing 80-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement last week following two decades at the helm of America's highest court.