Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.  If the Senate approves her nomination, Judge Jackson would become the first African-American woman to be a Supreme Court Justice and the fourth woman on the current Supreme Court.  Currently, she is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and would replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring from the Court.

“Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be an excellent addition to the Supreme Court.  She is a highly-qualified and thorough justice who will serve on the high court with distinction.  Her work as a public defender and service on the U.S. Sentencing Commission gives her an understanding of how the legal process affects Americans and American families.  I am proud that President Biden has fulfilled his campaign promise to nominate an African-American woman to the Supreme Court.  This is an outstanding selection and I look forward to seeing her as our country’s next Supreme Court Justice.”