Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as the Supreme Court s 116th justice and its first Black woman on the bench, a historic change for an institution that for the first time no longer has a white male majority.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired on Thursday, paving way for his successor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to be sworn in as the 116th justice on the high court and the first black woman to sit on the nine-member bench.
Lelanie Foster, the artist behind the new Supreme Court justice’s confirmation portrait recalls the "intimate" moments she shared with Jackson and her family.
With her historic confirmation as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court fresh in everyone's minds, now is the perfect time to detail Ketanji Brown Jackson's career, personal life.