Justice Brown Jackson

On April 7, 2022, by a vote of 53 to 47, Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, which was frequently overwhelmed by embarrassing QAnon-base politics, she was joined by her husband, parents and two daughters. If there was one star of the show, it was the eloquent Senator Cory Booker, who summed up the historic significance of the confirmation.

The Supreme Court will have two African American justices. It will be interesting to watch.

Patrick Jackson, the husband of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji
Brown Jackson, reaches out to hold her hand as she sits in the audience area
during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, March 21, 2022
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Conservative activist Ginni Thomas sits with her husband,

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, at a Heritage Foundation 

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