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Judge Jackson could be nominated to the Supreme Court by Mr. Biden should a vacancy arise, according to multiple media reports.
She served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for eight years after being nominated in 2013 by former President Obama.
Judge Jackson succeeds Attorney General Merrick Garland, who left the appeals court for his post at the Justice Department.
Her confirmation comes after three of Mr. Biden’s district court nominees were confirmed last week.
Zahid Quraishi, the first Muslim American Article III judge in U.S. history, was confirmed on Thursday to the District of New Jersey.
WASHINGTON • The Senate on Monday confirmed the first appellate court judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure, elevating a judge with strong prospects of landing on the president’s short list should a Supreme Court vacancy arise.
Senators voted 53-44 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the nation’s second most powerful court. She replaces Merrick Garland, who vacated the seat to become Biden’s attorney general.
Biden has promised to name a Black woman to the Supreme Court and many view Jackson as a leading contender. She has written nearly 600 opinions as a district judge in Washington, worked as a federal public defender and served as vice chair on the commission that sets the guidelines judges consult when sentencing federal offenders.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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WASHINGTON The Senate on Monday confirmed the first appellate court judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure, elevating a judge with strong prospects of landing on the president’s short list should a Supreme Court vacancy arise.
Senators voted 53-44 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the nation’s second most powerful court. She replaces Merrick Garland, who vacated the seat to become Biden’s attorney general.
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