Biden introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

Biden introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

President Joe Biden has nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.

As he introduced Ms Jackson, Mr Biden called her a ā€œproven consensus builderā€ who has ā€œa pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American peopleā€.

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