President Joe Biden will appoint Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, to the United States Supreme Court, the first black female judge to serve on the nation’s highest judicial institution, CNN and NBC reported Friday (February 25).
Joe Biden should appoint African-American Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court, says NBC et CNN. A decision that he could announce this Friday, February 25, and in any case by Monday.
This is for the American president his first appointment to the high court, which will not change the balance of power within the currently conservative majority body, cutting the important societal debates in the United States.
Replacing the progressive magistrate Stephen Breyer, who will retire at the end of June, the elected official will join the prestigious college of nine magistrates who ensure the constitutionality of American laws.
Judge at the Washington Federal Court of Appeals
Ketanji Brown Jackson was one of three finalists, after a careful nomination process to avoid any unpleasant surprises during the confirmation phase in the Senate, an intense moment during which the Democrats can s expect to see the magistrate put on the grill by the Republicans.
Given the stakes, Joe Biden himself got involved in this selection, interviewing the magistrates in the final competition.
Ketanji Brown Jackson currently sits on the Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, a body renowned for the importance of the cases that pass through it and therefore considered a springboard.