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Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on US Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place Thursday of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took effect at noon.
Moments later, joined her family, Jackson recited the two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one adminered Breyer and the other Chief Justice John Roberts.
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