Highlights from Senate vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Senate voted 53-47 in a bipartisan vote on Jackson's nomination.

Last Updated: April 7, 2022, 5:29 PM EDT

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in its 233-year history, was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-47 vote Thursday.

She got three Republican votes, marking a bipartisan victory for President Joe Biden and his high court nominee.

Apr 07, 2022, 2:48 PM EDT

Biden to hold White House event Friday celebrating Jackson's confirmation

With Judge Jackson now Senate-confirmed to the Supreme Court, the White House has announced it will hold an event on the South Lawn on Friday afternoon to celebrate her confirmation.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Harris and Judge Jackson will speak, according to the White House.

President Joe Biden and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch the Senate vote on her nomination to associate justice on the US Supreme Court, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on April 7, 2022.
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The White House has framed Jackson's confirmation as a fulfillment of two big Biden promises -- one from the campaign trail, that he'd nominate the first Black woman, and the other as president, that he'd nominate someone in the mold of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

Jackson joined Biden in the Roosevelt Room on Thursday afternoon to watch the results of the Senate roll call vote -- ending with bipartisan confirmation to sit on the high bench.

Apr 07, 2022, 2:50 PM EDT

Jackson’s confirmation marks slew of firsts

With Judge Jackson set to become Justice Jackson when Justice Stephen Breyer retires at the end of this term, the Supreme Court will have its first Black woman justice -- and Jackson will serve on the first-ever high court where white men constitute a minority of the membership.

Jackson is also the first former public defender and first Florida-raised judge to sit on the Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden congratulates Ketanji Brown Jackson moments after the U.S. Senate confirmed her to be the first Black woman to be a justice on the Supreme Court in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on April 07, 2022 in Washington.
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In addition to being the first time four women justices serve on the bench, it’s also the first time three justices of color will serve together.

Biden ran for president on the pledge to nominate a Black woman and to help make the courts “look more like America.”

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

Apr 07, 2022, 2:21 PM EDT

Senate confirms Jackson to Supreme Court

The Senate has confirmed Judge Jackson by a 53-47 vote, paving the way for Jackson to become the first Black woman in history to sit on the nation's highest court.

"This nomination is confirmed," said Vice President Kamala Harris as the chamber erupted in applause.

Jackson secured the support of all Democrats plus three Republicans: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. All three of these senators previously stated their intention to support Jackon's final confirmation.

Vice President Kamala Harris presides over the confirmation vote in the Senate, for Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, April 7, 2022.
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Inside the chamber, crowds of staffers flocked to the gallery to catch a glimpse of the history-making moment.

Harris, the nation's first Black and first female vice president, announced the final tally for Jackson -- now the first Black woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court in its 233-year history.

-ABC News' Trish Turner and Allison Pecorin

Apr 07, 2022, 2:13 PM EDT

Jackson watches vote with Biden at White House

President Joe Biden and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson are currently in the Roosevelt Room of the White House watching this historic vote, according to the White House print pooler.

Vice President Kamala Harris, as president of the Senate, presided over the Senate chamber to announce the roll call vote.

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