Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court
ABC News
In doing so, Biden is keeping a pledge he made while campaigning for president.
President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, elevating an African American woman for the first time to a seat on the high court bench, ABC News learned and the White House later announced.
A formal ceremony was set for 2 p.m. Friday at which both Biden and Jackson would speak, the White House said.
Judge Jackson, 51, currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to which she was named by Biden and confirmed by the Senate last year with Republican support. The president called Jackson late Thursday to inform her of the decision, a source familiar with the conversation said.
Her historic nomination fulfills a promise Biden made during the 2020 presidential campaign ahead of the South Carolina primary when he relied heavily on support from the state's Black voters.
