President Joe Biden has nominated Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, fulfilling a campaign promise to appoint the nation’s first Black woman to its highest court.
Brown Jackson is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia at just 51-years-young.
Recently, Jackson has been scrutinized more closely due to her judicial record, which includes high-profile rulings overruled by higher courts
She was reportedly one of three applicants who Biden personally interviewed.
Biden’s pledge to select a Black woman to the nation’s highest court has been praised by Democrats, though some Republicans have objected.
“What the president said is that only African American women are eligible for this slot, that 94% of Americans are ineligible,” Cruz said. “The way Biden ought to do it is to say ‘I’m going to look for the best justice,’ interview a lot of people, and if he happens to nominate a justice who was an African American woman, then great.”
