Ketanji Brown Jackson was introduced and confirmed by President Biden as his pick for the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s high court. He called her “an exceptionally qualified and historic nominee.” for the Supreme Court. A Harvard Law School graduate, and now a federal appeals court judge, Ketanji, despite her professional and academic accolades, considers hard work to be one of the most important factors, throughout her life, that got her to where she is today. “In our family, we have a mantra that emphasizes prioritization on work over play as one of our first principles. Do what you need to do before what you want to do’ is a constant refrain in our house.”
She has noted she is “fairly certain” her ancestors were slaves on both sides of her family. “It is the beauty and the majesty of this country, that someone who comes from a background like mine could find herself in this position,” Katanji said during her Senate confirmation hearing last year. “I’m just enormously grateful to have this opportunity to be a part of the law in this way, and I’m truly thankful for the president giving me the honor of this nomination.”
On a personal note she says, “Right now, in fact, I’m in that peculiar stage of life when I experience near-daily whiplash from the jarring juxtaposition of my two most significant roles: U.S. district judge on the one hand and mother of teenage daughters on the other.”
Visit Katanji at: https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/02/profile-of-a-potential-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson/
