SCOTUS Blog: “President Joe Biden has selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer, according to multiple news reports. If confirmed by the Senate, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Read our profile of Jackson.”
AP: “Jackson would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, for whom she once clerked. If confirmed, she would be the court’s first Black female justice in its 232-year existence.”
Washington Post: “Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson would be the first Black woman on the high court, and the first justice since Thurgood Marshall with significant experience as a criminal defense attorney.”