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President Biden to nominate federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

Published February 25, 2022 at 11:06 AM CST
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, poses for a portrait, Friday, Feb., 18, 2022, in her office at the court in Washington. (Jacquelyn Marti/AP)
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, poses for a portrait, Friday, Feb., 18, 2022, in her office at the court in Washington. (Jacquelyn Marti/AP)

President Biden is naming federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. She’ll be the first Black woman nominated as a justice.

We get the latest from NPR’s Carrie Johnson.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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