In a history-making move, President Joe Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the highest court in the land. She will be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in its 232-year history.
, which came after intense pressure on him to retire during a Democratic president’s tenure.
Fifty-one votes — a simple majority of the Senate — are needed to confirm a new Supreme Court justice, and with 48 Democrats, 2 Independents , and Vice President Kamala Harris as a tie-breaking vote, Judge Jackson is expected to be confirmed. But that doesn’t mean the confirmation process will go smoothly. In 2021, Judge Jackson was confirmed to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 53-44, when three Republicans – Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Lindsey Graham – joined Democrats to vote in her favor. Despite his previous vote to confirm Judge Jackson,
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