Menendez Statement on Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court:

"With our vote today to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, not only has the U.S. Senate made history, it has also witnessed -- in real time -- the bending of the moral arc of the universe towards justice and proved to women and girls everywhere that they too can be one of the nine guardians entrusted by the Constitution to ensure equal justice under law for all people.

"As only the second Supreme Court Justice ever to have served at all three levels of our federal judiciary, I have no doubt that, given her impeccable credentials and lived experiences, Justice Jackson will faithfully carry out the duties entrusted to her by the Constitution. Her extensive knowledge about what the law can do, what it can limit, and what it can unlock make her an outstanding Justice who will usher the highest court of the land to a new era -- more clearly reflecting who we are as a nation and what we stand for as a fair, just, and hopeful people.

"As I cast my "yes' vote on behalf of New Jerseyans everywhere, I could not help but think of what this meant for the three angels in my life -- my granddaughters, Evangelina, Ofelia, and Olivia. After today's historic vote, they will grow up knowing that, thanks to trailblazers like Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, there isn't a single thing they can't accomplish."

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