She had decided on her career since high school.
In the end of year book of the school of Palmetto, in the suburbs of Miami where she grew up, the young Ketanji Brown writes: “
I want to study law and become a magistrate.
At 51, the brilliant teenager has already become a federal appeals judge in Washington.
She is about to attain an even higher office.
Appointed Friday by Joe Biden to the Supreme Court, she will become, after her confirmation by the Senate, one of the nine judges who sit for life in the highest American court, and the first black woman to hold this position.
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Today, as we witness attacks on freedom abroad, I fulfill my responsibilities to preserve freedom here in the United States
,” Joe Biden said at the White House introducing Ketanji Brown Jackson .
“For too long our government, our courts have not looked like America
,” he added.
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