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 “proven consensus builder” who has “a pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American people”.