Chairing the session was the vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, who serves as president of the Senate, and who also made history by becoming the first African-American and the first American of Indian or Asian descent to become Vice President of the United States.
Harris read the results of the vote with a smile and automatically the hemicycle erupted in applause.
Jackson’s Senate confirmation, which Since last year, she has been a judge on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.was taken for granted because the Democrats alone had the necessary simple majority.
“This is a wonderful day, this is a day full of joy, this is a day that inspires“said before the vote and visibly happy, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Schumer.
Schumer conjured up images of children in the United States, who very soon they will be able to open their books in school and be inspired to see how an African-American woman sits on the Supreme Court.
Jackson’s arrival at the highest court will not change its ideological makeupsince with six conservative-leaning judges and three progressive it is tilted more to the right than at any time since the 1930s.
However, Jackson has a different experience than the rest of the justices. For example, She will be the first judge with experience as a public defender for people with few resources.
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The 51-year-old daughter of public school teachers, Jackson also worked at the United States Sentencing Commission to reduce sentences for most federal drug crimes, including “crack” cocaine, something that allowed the release of at least 1,800 prisoners and shortened the sentences of some 12,000.
Jackson to replace progressive Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Courtwho has announced his intention to retire when the judicial course ends in June or July.
