Ketanji Brown Jackson presently serves on the federal appellate court in Washington and was regarded as the front-runner for Breyer’s seat ever since Breyer announced his retirement.
Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in the Miami region.
She was a member of the debate team at Miami Palmetto Senior High School before attending Harvard for her undergraduate and law degrees.
She will be sworn in this summer, following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer.
In 1985, Jackson posed for a high school yearbook photo. She attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School.Jackson appears for a yearbook photo in 1988, when she was class president.Jackson’s Harvard yearbook photo from 1992.In 1988, Jackson was class president and posed for a yearbook portrait.In April 2021, Jackson was sworn in at their Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC’s Dirksen Senate Office BuildingA day after her confirmation, Jackson responds while addressing at a White House event. During an emotional speech, she spoke about the responsibility she would have as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
