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Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court

Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court

LAWRENCE HURLEY, ANDREW CHUNG and RICHARD COWAN KETANJI Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States and a victory for President Joe Biden, who made good on a campaign promise as he seeks to infuse the federal judiciary with a broader range of backgrounds. The vote to confirm the 51-year-old federal appellate judge to a lifetime job on the nation's top judicial body was 53-47, with three Republicans - Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney - joining Biden's fellow Democrats. A simple…
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