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Ketanji Brown Jackson historic Supreme Court confirmation celebrated at White House
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U.S. Vice President Khamala Harris speaks alongside President Joe Biden and Supreme Court Lady Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Lawn of the White House on Friday. /AP

U.S. Vice President Khamala Harris speaks alongside President Joe Biden and Supreme Court Lady Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Lawn of the White House on Friday. /AP

U.S. President Joe Biden's appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday celebrated her historic confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, saying at an outdoor White House event that it shows in America "anything is possible."

Jackson, a federal appellate judge, was confirmed to the lifetime post by the Senate on Thursday on a 53-47 vote in a milestone for the United States and a political victory for the Democratic president. Jackson, 51, will replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, on the liberal bloc of a court with a 6-3 conservative majority.

"It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States," Jackson said an event on the White House South Lawn under sunny skies on a mild spring day in the U.S. capital.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the first Black woman to hold that post after Biden selected her as his 2020 election running mate, at the ceremony noted that Jackson's confirmation also means that four women will be serve together on the Supreme Court for the first time.

(With input from Reuters) 

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