United States | The 116th justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to America’s Supreme Court

But only three Republican senators joined the Democratic caucus in voting for the court’s first black female justice

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Editor’s note: On April 7th Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as America’s 116th Supreme Court justice.

This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Confirmation bias”

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