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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 15, 2021

The U.S. Senate yesterday voted 53-44 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Associated Press reports. Jackson is the first appellate court judge appointed by President Joe Biden. She replaces Merrick Garland, who left the role to serve as Biden’s attorney general. Jackson is considered by many to be a leading contender for the U.S. Supreme Court. Jackson has written nearly 600 opinions as a district judge in Washington, worked as a federal public defender and served as vice chair on the commission that sets the guidelines judges consult when sentencing federal offenders.