U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson, ‘America at its best,’ to Supreme Court

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition
Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed on a 53-47 vote for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).
Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed on a 53-47 vote for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

WASHINGTON — April 7, 2022--Ketanji Brown Jackson will make history by becoming the first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, after Democratic and Republican senators voted Thursday to confirm her to the lifetime appointment.

The 53-47 vote comes just six weeks after President Joe Biden announced his nomination of Jackson from the White House, fulfilling a promise he first made on the cam…