(NEXSTAR) – Photographers captured the emotional moments after President Joe Biden and Kentanji Brown Jackson watched the Senate vote to affirm Jackson to the Supreme Court docket Thursday.
The 51-year-old appeals courtroom choose with 9 years of expertise on the federal bench, turned the primary Black feminine justice after a vote of 53-47, largely alongside celebration strains however with three Republican votes. Presiding was Vice President Kamala Harris, additionally the primary Black lady to attain that prime workplace.
Jackson, who will take her seat on the courtroom when Justice Stephen Breyer retires this summer season, joined the president to watch the votes are available on a televised feed. When her affirmation was made official, the 2 embraced.
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On this picture from video from Senate Tv, the ultimate vote rely of 53-47 is displayed after the U.S. Senate voted to affirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court docket on the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Washington. (Senate Tv through AP) -
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 07: U.S. President Joe Biden and Choose Ketanji Brown Jackson watch collectively because the U.S. Senate votes to affirm her to be the primary Black lady to be a justice on the Supreme Court docket within the Roosevelt Room on the White Home on April 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures) -
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 07: U.S. President Joe Biden embraces Ketanji Brown Jackson moments after the she bought sufficient votes within the U.S. Senate to be confirmed as the primary Black lady to be a justice on the Supreme Court docket within the Roosevelt Room on the White Home on April 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures) -
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 07: U.S. President Joe Biden embraces Ketanji Brown Jackson moments after the she bought sufficient votes within the U.S. Senate to be confirmed as the primary Black lady to be a justice on the Supreme Court docket within the Roosevelt Room on the White Home on April 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures) -
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 07: U.S. President Joe Biden embraces Ketanji Brown Jackson moments after the U.S. Senate confirmed her to be the primary Black lady to be a justice on the Supreme Court docket within the Roosevelt Room on the White Home on April 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures) -
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 07: U.S. President Joe Biden congratulates Ketanji Brown Jackson moments after the U.S. Senate confirmed her to be the primary Black lady to be a justice on the Supreme Court docket within the Roosevelt Room on the White Home on April 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures) -
President Joe Biden holds palms with Supreme Court docket nominee Choose Ketanji Brown Jackson as they watch the Senate vote on her affirmation from the Roosevelt Room of the White Home in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Picture/Susan Walsh) -
On this picture from video from Senate Tv, the Senate votes on the U.S. Capitol on the nomination of Choose Ketanji Brown Jackson to change into a Supreme Court docket justice Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Washington. (Senate Tv through AP) -
The Senate voted Thursday to affirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court docket. (AP Graphic) -
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tex., left, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, middle, and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., proper, communicate to reporters exterior the Senate chamber simply after the vote to affirm Supreme Court docket nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, securing her place as the primary Black lady on the excessive courtroom, on the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Picture/J. Scott Applewhite)
“Judge Jackson’s confirmation was a historic moment for our nation,” Biden tweeted, sharing a picture of him taking a selfie with Jackson. “We’ve taken another step toward making our highest court reflect the diversity of America. She will be an incredible Justice, and I was honored to share this moment with her.”
In the course of the 4 days of Senate hearings final month, Jackson spoke of her mother and father’ struggles via racial segregation and mentioned her “path was clearer” than theirs as a Black American after the enactment of civil rights legal guidelines. She attended Harvard College, served as a public defender, labored at a personal regulation agency and was appointed as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Fee.
She instructed senators she would apply the regulation “without fear or favor,” and pushed again on Republican makes an attempt to painting her as too lenient on criminals she had sentenced.
Jackson will likely be simply the third Black justice, after Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, and the sixth lady. She is going to be part of three different girls, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan Amy Coney Barrett – that means that 4 of the 9 justices will likely be girls for the primary time in historical past.
The Related Press contributed to this report.