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Why was Ketanji Brown Jackson renominated to the federal district court in 2013?
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
United States Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, 2022.
Ketanji Brown Jackson was renominated to the federal district court in January 2013 because the Senate had failed to act on her initial nomination, which had been submitted by President Barack Obama on September 20, 2012. Following this renomination, she was confirmed by a voice vote in March 2013.1