Ketanji Brown Jackson to Be Sworn in Thursday as Newest Supreme Court Justice

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Source: Bloomberg

Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in Thursday as the first Black female justice on the US Supreme Court, succeeding the retiring Stephen Breyer as a transformational term comes to a close.

Jackson was confirmed to replace Breyer in April but then had to wait until he stepped down at the end of the nine-month term, which included the blockbuster ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion. Breyer said in a letter to President Joe Biden that his confirmation would become effective Thursday.

Jackson will take her two required oaths at noon at the Supreme Court before a small gathering that will include her family, the court said in a press release. Breyer, for whom Jackson once served as a law clerk, will administer an oath required under federal law. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer an oath mandated under the Constitution.

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Jackson, 51, is likely to maintain the ideological balance on the conservative-controlled high court and join fellow Democratic appointees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in the liberal wing.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-29/jackson-to-be-sworn-in-thursday-as-newest-supreme-court-justice?fbclid=IwAR0uxpBiG5l124MMZeI8m8wheVwGsL4Pps4a712s3y6qNATiUhUuEWaqgXE

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Wonder if apoplexies will result

[rurallib]

2. And Roberts will say "Welcome to the shit show"

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. She will ask thorough questions when cases come before her.

[agingdem]

4. and watch Mitch's head explode...

should be fun

[Cha]

8. lol

Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Cancun Cruz will probably soil himself.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. She gets the last laugh

(they were in the same law class at Harvard)

He better lawyer up...

[NJCher]

7. watch at around noon

the article states:

Jackson will take her two required oaths at noon at the Supreme Court before a small gathering that will include her family, the court said in a press release. Breyer, for whom Jackson once served as a law clerk, will administer an oath required under federal law. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer an oath mandated under the Constitution.

The ceremony will be streamed live on the Supreme Court’s website.

I'm betting CNN and MSNBC will cover it, too, along with PBS.

I'll be watching. It's a bright spot for women and equality in the midst of this huge step backwards by the RSC.