Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson takes ceremonial oath at Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts wished Jackson a “long and happy career in our common calling.” Biden did not speak during the brief ceremony. The investiture was purely ceremonial, as Jackson has been on the job since June and already cast votes on emergency applications. But she has yet to sit for oral arguments, and Friday marked her debut in the regal chamber that will now be her professional home for the next few decades.
Also in the audience was Vice President Kamala Harris, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff as well as Jackson’s two daughters, Leila and Talia, her parents Ellery and Johnny Brown, her brother Ketajh and former House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican related to Brown by marriage.