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Ketanji Brown Jackson
United States Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, 2022.
Ketanji Brown Jackson replaced Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court of the United States. Following Breyer's announcement in early 2022 that he would retire at the end of the court's term, President Joe Biden nominated Jackson to fill the vacancy. She was confirmed by the Senate in April 2022 and sworn in as his successor on June 30, 2022.12