The United States judiciary on Thursday, set a new record when Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering the glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court, IgbereTV reports
The 51-year-old Jackson who is the court’s 116th justice, took the place of Justice Stephen Breyer following his retirement earlier this year.
Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, is joining three other women — Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, making this the first time four women will serve together on the nine-member court.
Jackson was nominated by President Joe Biden in February, a month after Breyer, 83, announced he would retire at the end of the court’s term, assuming his successor had been confirmed, while the US confirmed her nomination in early April by a 53-47 mostly party-line vote that included support from three Republicans
