Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Ketanji Brown Jackson is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Harvard Law School alumnus
Harvard University alumnus
human
judge
lawyer
appointedBy Joe Biden
barAdmission District of Columbia Bar
Massachusetts Bar
birthName Ketanji Onyika Brown
clerkship law clerk to Justice Stephen G. Breyer
clerkshipCourt Supreme Court of the United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfAppointment 2022-06-30
dateOfBirth 1970-09-14
degree A.B. in Government
Juris Doctor
educatedAt Harvard Law School
Harvard University
Miami Palmetto Senior High School
employer Supreme Court of the United States
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Brown Jackson
fullName Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson
gender female
givenName Ketanji
graduatedWithHonors cum laude (Harvard Law School)
magna cum laude (Harvard College)
hasWorkedAs federal public defender
private practice attorney
staff member, United States Sentencing Commission
memberOf Harvard Law Review
nominatedBy Joe Biden
nominatedToDC CircuitBy Joe Biden
nominatedToDistrictCourtBy Barack Obama
notableFor first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States
first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States
numberOfChildren 2
occupation judge
lawyer
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C., United States
politicalParty Democratic Party (United States) – generally aligned
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
precededBy Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED
previousPosition Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission
religion Protestant Christianity
residence Washington, D.C., United States
spouse Patrick G. Jackson
swornInOn 2022-06-30

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Ketanji Brown Jackson ("Ketanji Onyika Brown")
birthName
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
circuitJustice
Ketanji Brown Jackson ("Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson")
fullName
Ketanji Brown Jackson ("Ketanji")
givenName
Stephen G. Breyer
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