Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as Supreme Court Associate Justice at noon Thursday, succeeding retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, fulfilling a campaign promise by Joe Biden to appoint the first Black woman to the High Court.
Jackson, 51, was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts who administered the Constitutional Oath, followed by Breyer who administered the Judicial Oath.
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WATCH: Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. https://t.co/CjaRt0xXZA pic.twitter.com/1HGEKIc9zZ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 30, 2022
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The Constitutional and Judicial oaths (via the Supreme Court):
“I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
“I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as _________ under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”
The new Supreme Court:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson officially joins the Supreme Court. https://t.co/r2j5GBtdno pic.twitter.com/ciSGvs4P1l
— ABC News (@ABC) June 30, 2022
The woke progressive Jackson is the first Justice who does not know what is a woman.
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