Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In As First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice
Updated June 30, 2022 at 1:24 p.m.
Ketanji Brown Jackson officially became the 116th justice of the Supreme Court and the first Black woman ever to sit on the country’s highest court at a ceremony this afternoon.
Jackson, who was confirmed by the Senate after contentious hearings in April, was sworn at 12:05 p.m., just…