The formal investiture of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest justice, will be Friday morning
, with court announcing Monday details about the event. The investiture is a purely ceremonial event that will not be broadcast publicly. The Supreme Court will meet for it in a special sitting at 10 a.m. ET Friday. Although Jackson has not yet taken the bench for oral arguments, the necessary oaths were administered last spring, and she has been working and casting votes on emergency applications throughout the summer.
She was confirmed by the Senate in April in a 53-47 vote, with three Senate Republicans joining Democrats to approve her nomination. President Joe Biden named Jackson to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced in January he was leaving the court. A Harvard Law School graduate, Jackson clerked for Breyer. Her addition to the court won’t change its ideological leanings.
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