The 51-year-old, who’s the courtroom’s 116th justice, took the place of the justice she as soon as labored for.
Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took impact at midday on Thursday.
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the US Supreme Court docket, shattering a glass ceiling as the primary black lady on the nation’s highest courtroom.
Moments later, joined by her household, Ms Jackson recited the 2 oaths required of Supreme Court docket justices, one administered by Mr Breyer and the opposite by chief justice John Roberts.
“With a full coronary heart, I settle for the solemn accountability of supporting and defending the structure of the US and administering justice with out worry or favour, so assist me God,” Ms Jackson stated in a press release issued by the courtroom.
“I’m actually grateful to be a part of the promise of our nice nation. I lengthen my sincerest due to all of my new colleagues for his or her heat and gracious welcome.”
Chief justice Roberts welcomed Ms Jackson “to the courtroom and our frequent calling”.
The ceremony was streamed dwell on the courtroom’s web site.
Ms Jackson, a federal decide since 2013, is becoming a member of three different girls, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett – the primary time 4 girls will serve collectively on the nine-member courtroom.
President Joe Biden nominated Ms Jackson in February, a month after Mr Breyer, 83, introduced he would retire on the finish of the courtroom’s time period, assuming his successor had been confirmed.
Mr Breyer’s earlier-than-usual announcement and the situation he connected was a recognition of the Democrats’ tenuous maintain on the Senate in an period of hyper-partisanship, particularly surrounding federal judgeships.
The Senate confirmed Ms Jackson’s nomination in early April, by a 53-47 largely party-line vote that included help from three Republicans.
Ms Jackson had been in a type of judicial limbo since then, remaining a decide on the federal appeals courtroom in Washington, DC, however not listening to any circumstances.
Mr Biden elevated her to that courtroom from the district judgeship to which she was appointed by former president Barack Obama.
Ms Jackson will be capable of start work instantly, however the courtroom may have simply completed the majority of its work till the autumn, aside from emergency appeals that sometimes come up.
