Ketanji Brown Jackson: 'In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.'
at a large-scale event at the White House on Friday amid new concerns about COVID spreading among Washington's power players.
"This is going to let so much sun shine on so many young women, so many young Black women," Biden began."We're going to look back and see this as a moment of real change in American history."President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, right, host Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, left, for an event celebrating her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House on April 08, 2022 in Washington.
"I could see it as a day of hope. A day of promise. A day of progress. A day when once again the moral arc of the universe -- Barack used to quote all the time -- bends a little more toward justice," Biden said. While he thanked the three Republicans who broke party ranks to vote for Jackson, who were invited but not in attendance at Friday's event, Biden blasted those on the committee for their treatment of his first nominee.
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