Biden introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court nominee

thank you very much Mr President. I am truly humbled by the extraordinary honor of this nomination and I am especially grateful for the care that you have taken in discharging your constitutional duty in service of our democracy with all that is going on in the world today. I also offer my sincerest thanks to you as well, madam. Vice President for your invaluable role in this nomination process. I must begin these very brief remarks by thanking God for delivering me to this point in my professional journey. My life has been blessed beyond measure and I do know that one can only come this far by faith among my many blessings And indeed the very first is the fact that I was born in this great country, the United States of America is the greatest beacon of hope and democracy the world has ever known. I was also blessed from my early days to have had a supportive and loving family. My mother and father who have been married for 54 years are at their home in florida right now and I know that they could not be more proud. It was my father who started me on this path when I was a child. As the president mentioned, my father made the fateful decision to trans to transition from his job as a public high school history teacher and go to law school. Some of my earliest memories are of him sitting at the kitchen table reading his law books, I watched him study and he became my first professional role model. My mother who was also a public high school teacher provided invaluable support in those early days, working full time to enable my father's career transition. While also guiding and inspiring four year old me. My only sibling, my brother Cottage came along half a decade later and I'm so proud of all that he's accomplished. After graduating from Howard University, he became a police officer and a detective on some of the toughest streets in the inner city of Baltimore. After that, he enlisted in the army, Serving two tours of duty in the Middle East. I believe that he was following the example set by my uncles who are in law enforcement. You may have read that I have one uncle who got caught up in the drug trade and received a life sentence. That is true, but law enforcement also runs in my family. In addition to my brother, I had two uncles who served decades as police officers, one of whom became the police chief in my hometown of Miami florida. I am standing here today by the grace of God as testament to the love and support that I've received from my family. I have also been blessed with many dear friends, colleagues, mentors, law clerks. I could not possibly name all of the people to whom I owe great thanks but I must mention specifically the three brilliant jurists for whom I had the privilege of serving as a law clerk at the outset of my legal career. Us District Judge Patty Sarah's in massachusetts U. S. Court of Appeals Bruce Judge Bruce Selya in Rhode island and last but certainly not least. Associate justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States Justice Breyer in particular not only gave me the greatest job that any young lawyer could ever hope to have, but he also exemplified every day in every way that a Supreme Court justice can perform at the highest level of skill and integrity while also being guided by civility, grace, pragmatism and generosity of spirit. Justice Breyer. The members of the Senate will decide if I fill your seat. But please, no, that I could never fill your shoes to my dear family. Those who are here with me now and those who are watching from home, I am forever indebted to you for your love and support to my beloved husband Patrick, Thank you for being my rock today and every day for this these past 26 years. I love you to my daughters, Talia and Layla. You are the light of my life. Please know that whatever title I may hold or whatever job I might may have, I will still be your mom. That will never change. There are so many other people I would love to be able to address and to thank. But time is short. So let me end by sharing an interesting coincidence that is actually meant a great deal to me over the years as it happens, I share a birthday with the first black woman ever to be appointed as a federal judge. The honorable Constance baker motley. We were born exactly 49 years to the day apart today, I proudly stand on Judge Motley's shoulders, sharing not only her birthday but also her steadfast and courageous commitment to equal justice. Under law, Judge Motley's life and career has been a true inspiration to me as I have pursued this professional path. And if I am fortunate enough to be confirmed as the next Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, I can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the constitution and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and the sacred principles upon which this great nation was founded, will inspire future generations of americans. Thank you again. Mr. President for this extraordinary honor. Yeah, mm hmm.

President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.Introducing Jackson, Biden called her a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�proven consensus builder바카라 게임 웹사이트� who has "a pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American people.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�She strives to be fair, to get it right, to do justice,바카라 게임 웹사이트� the president added.In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. He chose an attorney who would be the high court's first former public defender, though she also possesses the elite legal background of other justices.Jackson would be the current court바카라 게임 웹사이트�s second Black justice 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, is the other 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and just the third in history. She would replace liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, who is retiring at the end of the term this summer, so she won't change the court's 6-3 conservative majority.Jackson would join the court as it weighs cutbacks to abortion rights and will be considering ending affirmative action in college admissions and restricting voting rights efforts to increase minority representation.She would be only the sixth woman to serve on the court, but she would join three others already there, including the first Latina, Justice Sonia Sotomayor.In brief remarks, Jackson thanked Biden, saying she was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�humbled by the extraordinary honor of this nomination." She highlighted her family's first-hand experience with the entirety of the legal system, as judges and lawyers, an incarcerated member and police officers.Standing alongside Biden at the White House, she spoke of the historic nature of her nomination, noting she shared a birthday with Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to be confirmed to the federal bench.바카라 게임 웹사이트�If I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m fortunate enough to be confirmed as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court United States, I can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the Constitution, and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and the sacred principles upon which this great nation was founded, will inspire future generations of Americans,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Jackson said.Jackson, 51, once worked as one of Breyer바카라 게임 웹사이트�s law clerks early in her legal career. She attended Harvard as an undergraduate and for law school, and served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the agency that develops federal sentencing policy, before becoming a federal judge in 2013.Her nomination is subject to confirmation by the Senate, where Democrats hold the majority by a razor-thin 50-50 margin with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaker. Party leaders have promised swift but deliberate consideration of the president바카라 게임 웹사이트�s nominee.The news comes two years to the day after Biden, then struggling to capture the Democratic presidential nomination, pledged in a South Carolina debate to nominate a Black woman if presented with a vacancy.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Everyone should be represented,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Biden said then.Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin said in a statement that the panel will 바카라 게임 웹사이트�begin immediately바카라 게임 웹사이트� to move forward on consideration of an 바카라 게임 웹사이트�extraordinary nominee.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Senators have set a tentative goal of confirmation by April 8, when they leave for a two-week spring recess. Hearings could start as soon as mid-March.That timeline could be complicated by a number of things, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the extended absence of Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, who suffered a stroke last month and is out for several weeks. Democrats would need Lujan바카라 게임 웹사이트�s vote to confirm Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트�s pick if no Republicans support her.Once the nomination is sent to the Senate, it is up to the Senate Judiciary Committee to vet the nominee and hold confirmation hearings. After the committee approves a nomination, it goes to the Senate floor for a final vote.Biden and Senate Democrats are hoping for a bipartisan vote on the nomination, but it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unclear if they will be able to win over any GOP senators after bitterly partisan confirmation battles under President Donald Trump. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of three Republicans who voted to confirm Jackson to the appeals court last year, had pushed Biden to nominate a different candidate from his home state, Judge J. Michelle Childs, who also was favored by home-state Rep. James Clyburn, a Biden ally.Graham said earlier this month that his vote would be 바카라 게임 웹사이트�very problematic바카라 게임 웹사이트� if it were anyone else, and he expressed disappointment in a tweet Friday that Biden had not nominated his preferred choice. Previewing a likely Republican attack line, he and several others on the right said Biden was going with the choice of the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�radical left.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he looked forward to meeting with Jackson and "studying her record, legal views and judicial philosophy.바카라 게임 웹사이트� But he noted he had voted against her a year ago.Biden has said he was interested in selecting a nominee in the mold of Breyer who could be a persuasive force with fellow justices. Although Breyer바카라 게임 웹사이트�s votes tended to put him to the left of center on an increasingly conservative court, he frequently saw the gray in situations that colleagues were more likely to find black or white.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Justice Breyer 바카라 게임 웹사이트� the members of the Senate will decide if I fill your seat,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Jackson said, praising the retiring justice's 바카라 게임 웹사이트�civility, grace, pragmatism and generosity of spirit.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�But please know that I could never fill your shoes,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said.Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�With her exceptional qualifications and record of evenhandedness, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a justice who will uphold the Constitution and protect the rights of all Americans, including the voiceless and vulnerable,. The historic nomination of Judge Jackson is an important step toward ensuring the Supreme Court reflects the nation as a whole.바카라 게임 웹사이트�As part of his search process, Biden, a longtime chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also interviewed Childs and California Supreme Court Judge Leondra Kruger, according to a person familiar with the matter. He also consulted with a wide range of legal experts and lawmakers in both parties and delved deeply into the finalists' legal writings.Jackson serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a position that Biden elevated her to last year from her previous job as a federal trial court judge. Three current justices 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts, the chief justice 바카라 게임 웹사이트� previously served on the same appeals court.Jackson was confirmed to that post on a 53-44 Senate vote, winning the backing of three Republicans: Graham, Maine바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Susan Collins and Alaska바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Lisa Murkowski.In one of Jackson바카라 게임 웹사이트�s most high-profile decisions, as a trial court judge she ordered former White House Counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress. That was a setback to Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s efforts to keep his top aides from testifying. The case was appealed, and a deal was ultimately reached for McGahn바카라 게임 웹사이트�s testimony.As an appeals court judge, she was part of a three-judge panel that ruled in December against Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s effort to shield documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Miami. She has said that her parents, Johnny and Ellery Brown, chose her name to express their pride in her family바카라 게임 웹사이트�s African ancestry. They asked an aunt who was in the Peace Corps in Africa at the time to send a list of African girls바카라 게임 웹사이트� names and they picked Ketanji Onyika, which they were told meant 바카라 게임 웹사이트�lovely one.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Jackson traces her interest in the law to when she was in preschool and her father was in law school and they would sit together at the dining room table, she with coloring books and he with law books. Her father became an attorney for the county school board and her mother was a high school principal. A brother, nine years younger, served in the Army, including in Iraq, and is now a lawyer, too.___Associated Press writers Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

WASHINGTON —

Introducing Jackson, Biden called her a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�proven consensus builder바카라 게임 웹사이트� who has "a pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American people.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�She strives to be fair, to get it right, to do justice,바카라 게임 웹사이트� the president added.

In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. He chose an attorney who would be the high court's first former public defender, though she also possesses the elite legal background of other justices.

Jackson would be the current court바카라 게임 웹사이트�s second Black justice 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, is the other 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and just the third in history. She would replace liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, who is retiring at the end of the term this summer, so she won't change the court's 6-3 conservative majority.

Jackson would join the court as it weighs cutbacks to abortion rights and will be considering ending affirmative action in college admissions and restricting voting rights efforts to increase minority representation.

She would be only the sixth woman to serve on the court, but she would join three others already there, including the first Latina, Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

In brief remarks, Jackson thanked Biden, saying she was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�humbled by the extraordinary honor of this nomination." She highlighted her family's first-hand experience with the entirety of the legal system, as judges and lawyers, an incarcerated member and police officers.

Standing alongside Biden at the White House, she spoke of the historic nature of her nomination, noting she shared a birthday with Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to be confirmed to the federal bench.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�If I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m fortunate enough to be confirmed as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court United States, I can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the Constitution, and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and the sacred principles upon which this great nation was founded, will inspire future generations of Americans,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Jackson said.

Jackson, 51, once worked as one of Breyer바카라 게임 웹사이트�s law clerks early in her legal career. She attended Harvard as an undergraduate and for law school, and served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the agency that develops federal sentencing policy, before becoming a federal judge in 2013.

Her nomination is subject to confirmation by the Senate, where Democrats hold the majority by a razor-thin 50-50 margin with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaker. Party leaders have promised swift but deliberate consideration of the president바카라 게임 웹사이트�s nominee.

The news comes two years to the day after Biden, then struggling to capture the Democratic presidential nomination, pledged in a South Carolina debate to nominate a Black woman if presented with a vacancy.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Everyone should be represented,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Biden said then.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin said in a statement that the panel will 바카라 게임 웹사이트�begin immediately바카라 게임 웹사이트� to move forward on consideration of an 바카라 게임 웹사이트�extraordinary nominee.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Senators have set a tentative goal of confirmation by April 8, when they leave for a two-week spring recess. Hearings could start as soon as mid-March.

That timeline could be complicated by a number of things, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the extended absence of Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, who suffered a stroke last month and is out for several weeks. Democrats would need Lujan바카라 게임 웹사이트�s vote to confirm Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트�s pick if no Republicans support her.

Once the nomination is sent to the Senate, it is up to the Senate Judiciary Committee to vet the nominee and hold confirmation hearings. After the committee approves a nomination, it goes to the Senate floor for a final vote.

Biden and Senate Democrats are hoping for a bipartisan vote on the nomination, but it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unclear if they will be able to win over any GOP senators after bitterly partisan confirmation battles under President Donald Trump. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of three Republicans who voted to confirm Jackson to the appeals court last year, had pushed Biden to nominate a different candidate from his home state, Judge J. Michelle Childs, who also was favored by home-state Rep. James Clyburn, a Biden ally.

Graham said earlier this month that his vote would be 바카라 게임 웹사이트�very problematic바카라 게임 웹사이트� if it were anyone else, and he expressed disappointment in a tweet Friday that Biden had not nominated his preferred choice. Previewing a likely Republican attack line, he and several others on the right said Biden was going with the choice of the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�radical left.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he looked forward to meeting with Jackson and "studying her record, legal views and judicial philosophy.바카라 게임 웹사이트� But he noted he had voted against her a year ago.

Biden has said he was interested in selecting a nominee in the mold of Breyer who could be a persuasive force with fellow justices. Although Breyer바카라 게임 웹사이트�s votes tended to put him to the left of center on an increasingly conservative court, he frequently saw the gray in situations that colleagues were more likely to find black or white.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Justice Breyer 바카라 게임 웹사이트� the members of the Senate will decide if I fill your seat,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Jackson said, praising the retiring justice's 바카라 게임 웹사이트�civility, grace, pragmatism and generosity of spirit.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�But please know that I could never fill your shoes,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�With her exceptional qualifications and record of evenhandedness, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a justice who will uphold the Constitution and protect the rights of all Americans, including the voiceless and vulnerable,. The historic nomination of Judge Jackson is an important step toward ensuring the Supreme Court reflects the nation as a whole.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

As part of his search process, Biden, a longtime chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also interviewed Childs and California Supreme Court Judge Leondra Kruger, according to a person familiar with the matter. He also consulted with a wide range of legal experts and lawmakers in both parties and delved deeply into the finalists' legal writings.

Jackson serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a position that Biden elevated her to last year from her previous job as a federal trial court judge. Three current justices 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts, the chief justice 바카라 게임 웹사이트� previously served on the same appeals court.

Jackson was confirmed to that post on a 53-44 Senate vote, winning the backing of three Republicans: Graham, Maine바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Susan Collins and Alaska바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Lisa Murkowski.

In one of Jackson바카라 게임 웹사이트�s most high-profile decisions, as a trial court judge she ordered former White House Counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress. That was a setback to Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s efforts to keep his top aides from testifying. The case was appealed, and a deal was ultimately reached for McGahn바카라 게임 웹사이트�s testimony.

As an appeals court judge, she was part of a three-judge panel that ruled in December against Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s effort to shield documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Miami. She has said that her parents, Johnny and Ellery Brown, chose her name to express their pride in her family바카라 게임 웹사이트�s African ancestry. They asked an aunt who was in the Peace Corps in Africa at the time to send a list of African girls바카라 게임 웹사이트� names and they picked Ketanji Onyika, which they were told meant 바카라 게임 웹사이트�lovely one.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Jackson traces her interest in the law to when she was in preschool and her father was in law school and they would sit together at the dining room table, she with coloring books and he with law books. Her father became an attorney for the county school board and her mother was a high school principal. A brother, nine years younger, served in the Army, including in Iraq, and is now a lawyer, too.

___

Associated Press writers Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

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