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U.S. Supreme Court
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in as Justice Breyer officially retires; Biden accuses SCOTUS of ‘outrageous behavior’
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Photo by Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice Thursday.
Jackson, 51, replaces Justice Stephen Breyer, who is officially retiring Thursday at noon Eastern time, report CNN, the Associated Press and Reuters. The Supreme Court’s final opinions of the term are expected to be released Thursday morning.
The changing of the guard comes as President Joe Biden criticized the Supreme Court for “outrageous behavior,” the Washington Post reports. Biden said he would support a change in the Senate filibuster rules to allow consideration of legislation that would provide protections for abortion.
Breyer, who has been a justice since 1994, will receive the 2022 ABA Medal, the association’s highest honor. Past ABA medal winners include the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. She was confirmed April 7 in a 53-47 vote.
Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the constitutional oath to Jackson, while Breyer will administer the judicial oath at a small gathering of Jackson’s family, according to a Supreme Court press release.
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