The US Supreme Court is to include a black female justice for the first time in its 233-year history after the Senate confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nine-member bench. Justice Jackson's appointment fulfils President Joe Biden's campaign promise to put a black woman on the court. The vote was overseen by Vice-President Kamala Harris, the first black woman to hold the office. She will be the first Supreme Court justice since Thurgood Marshall - the first black Supreme Court justice - to have career experience representing criminal defendants. The jurist, a Washington DC native, currently sits on the influential US court of Appeals for the DC circuit.

Source: Daily Nation April 08, 2022 12:18 UTC