Ketanji Brown Jackson information

Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson
	Official portrait, 2022
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 30, 2022
Nominated by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Stephen Breyer
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
	In office; June 17, 2021 – June 29, 2022
Nominated by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Merrick Garland
Succeeded by	Florence Y. Pan
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
	In office; March 26, 2013 – June 17, 2021
Nominated by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Henry H. Kennedy Jr.
Succeeded by	Florence Y. Pan
Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission
	In office; February 12, 2010 – December 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Rubén Castillo
Succeeded by	L. Felipe Restrepo
Personal details
Born	Ketanji Onyika Brown; September 14, 1970 (age 53); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse	Patrick Jackson (m. 1996)
Relations	Calvin Ross (uncle)
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA, JD)
Signature
	Ketanji Brown Jackson's voice Ketanji Brown Jackson's opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to the Supreme Court; Recorded March 21, 2022

Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson (née Brown; /kəˈtɑːndʒi/ kə-TAHN-jee; born September 14, 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn into office that same year.^[1]^[2] She is the first black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court. From 2021 to 2022, Jackson was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Miami, Florida. She received her undergraduate and legal education at Harvard University, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer, whose seat she later assumed on the Supreme Court.^[3] From 2010 to 2014, Jackson was the vice chairwoman of the United States Sentencing Commission. In 2013, President Barack Obama appointed her as a district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where she served until 2021. Since 2016, Jackson has been a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers.

^ Jalonick, Mary Clare; Sherman, Mark (April 7, 2022). "Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice". Associated Press. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
^ Hurley, Lawrence; Chung, Andrew; Cowan, Richard (April 7, 2022). "Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court". Reuters. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
^ Bowles, Hopps & Strickland 2022, p. 56.

[1] Jalonick, Mary Clare; Sherman, Mark (April 7, 2022). "Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice". Associated Press. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

[2] Hurley, Lawrence; Chung, Andrew; Cowan, Richard (April 7, 2022). "Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court". Reuters. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

[FOOTNOTEBowlesHoppsStrickland202256-3] Bowles, Hopps & Strickland 2022, p. 56.

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Official portrait, 2022

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
Nominated by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Stephen Breyer
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office June 17, 2021 – June 29, 2022
Nominated by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Merrick Garland
Succeeded by	Florence Y. Pan
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office March 26, 2013 – June 17, 2021
Nominated by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Henry H. Kennedy Jr.
Succeeded by	Florence Y. Pan
Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission
In office February 12, 2010 – December 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Rubén Castillo
Succeeded by	L. Felipe Restrepo

Personal details
Born	Ketanji Onyika Brown (1970-09-14) September 14, 1970 (age 53) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse	Patrick Jackson (m. 1996)
Relations	Calvin Ross (uncle)
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA, JD)
Signature
Ketanji Brown Jackson's voice Ketanji Brown Jackson's opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to the Supreme Court Recorded March 21, 2022

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