WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden used his primetime platform of his first State of the Union address to make the case for confirming Miami’s Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court before a national television audience and a chamber full of the lawmakers who will weigh the judge’s nomination.
Biden’s speech came just four days after he nominated Jackson, a federal appeals judge, to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, a historic pick which would make the Miami Palmetto High School graduate the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s high court.
“One of the most serious constitutional responsibilities a president has is nominating someone to serve on the United States Supreme Court,” Biden said. “As I did four days ago, I nominated Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. One of our nation’s top legal minds, who will continue Justice Breyer’s legacy of excellence.”
