Ketanji Brown Jackson has been inaugurated to the Supreme Court, destroying the glass of the glass as the first black woman in the country’s highest court.
Jackson, who is 51 years old, is the 116th court of the court and he took place on Thursday from justice that had worked for him. Judge Pension Stephen Breyer came into force during the day.
A few moments later, joining his family, Jackson read two oaths required from the Supreme Court Justice, one managed by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts.
With a full heart, I accept the solemn responsibility to support and defend the United States constitution and manage justice without fear or assistance, so help me God,” Jackson said in a statement issued by the court. “I am truly grateful to be part of the promise of our great nation. I express my sincere gratitude to all my new colleagues for his warm and friendly remarks. “Roberts welcomed Jackson” to our court and general call. ” The ceremony was channeled directly on the court website.
Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, joined three other women, Chief Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett-first time four women will serve together in the court of nine members.
Biden nominated Jackson in February, a month after Breyer, 83, announced that he would retire at the end of the court term, assuming his successor had been confirmed. The previous Breyer announcement from usual and the conditions attached were recognition of the weak Democratic grip on the senate in the era of hyper-partisanship, especially around the federal judge.
The Senate confirmed Jackson’s nomination in early April, by 53-47 most of the party line voting which included support from three Republicans.
Jackson has been in a kind of judicial limbo since, remaining a judge in the Federal Appeals Court in Washington, D.C., but did not listen to any case. Biden appointed him to the court from the district judge where he was appointed by President Barack Obama.
Jackson will be able to start working immediately, but the court has just completed most of his work until the fall, regardless of the emergency appeal that occasionally appears. It will give him time to stay and familiarize himself with about two dozen court cases have agreed to hear from October and hundreds of appeals that will pile up during the summer.
The court issued a final opinion on the previous Thursday after the important terms and revenge that included overturning the guarantee of ROE v. Wade for the right to abortion. One of the decisions on Thursday limits how the Environmental Protection Agency can use the State Main Anti-Air Pollution Law to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, blows to fight climate change.
