Barack Obama Stocks Sort Phrases About How Kentanji Brown Jackson Has 'Impressed Younger Black Ladies'

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I need to congratulate Pass judgement on Ketanji Brown Jackson on her nomination to the Perfect Courtroom. Pass judgement on Jackson has already impressed younger Black ladies like my daughters to set their attractions upper, and her affirmation will assist them imagine they are able to be the rest they need to be.

— Former President Barack Obama

, who first nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a federal pass judgement on in 2012, in feedback given within the wake of her nomination by way of President Joe Biden to turn into a SCOTUS justice. If showed, Jackson would be the first Black girl at the top courtroom.

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