Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation vote may not come until April
Chief Justice John G. Roberts – Harvard Justice Samuel A. Alito – Yale Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh – Yale Black women justices
Historically, nearly all Supreme Court justices have been White, non-Hispanic men. If confirmed, Jackson would become just the sixth woman ever to serve on the court. Jackson would be the first Black woman on the court. And she would be the fourth justice who is not White, the others being current Justices Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas and former Justice Thurgood Marshall .
Only 70 of the 3,843 people who have ever served as federal judges in the United States – fewer than 2% – have been Black women, a January analysis found. Sources: The U.S. Supreme Court; The U.S. Senate; Insidegov.com, University of California Berkeley Law School, The Associated Press, Landmark Cases
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