Source: United States Senator for Delaware Christopher Coons
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. Senator Coons issued the following statement after the vote:
“Today, I was honored to vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to become an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
“As I learned during my meeting with her last month and in our week of confirmation hearings in the Judiciary Committee, Justice Jackson has a deep understanding of the Constitution, a balanced judicial temperament, and a great sense of the role of a judge in our democracy. She is a working mother, and a devoted daughter, sister, wife, and friend; someone with a wealth of judicial experience who earnestly knows and loves the Constitution from which our freedoms flow.
“Supreme Court decisions impact the lives of millions of Americans and the health of our system of democracy and the rule of law; it matters who sits on this Court and takes part in these decisions. Justice Jackson stands on the shoulders of those who went before her. Her parents were both proud HBCU graduates who went on to devote their careers to public education; her uncles and her brother served in law enforcement and the military. Justice Jackson is so well grounded in the institutions and traditions that have made our nation great, and it fills me with confidence to know that a person of her character and skill, with her background and judicial temperament will serve on the Supreme Court.”
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