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Ketanji Brown Jackson

Supreme Court Justice

U.S. Supreme Court

Joined the courtJun 30, 20224 years
Appointed byJoe BidenLife tenure
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4Years on the court
56Age

The Bench

John RobertsChief Justice · since 2005Clarence ThomasJustice · since 1991Samuel AlitoJustice · since 2006Sonia SotomayorJustice · since 2009Elena KaganJustice · since 2010Neil GorsuchJustice · since 2017Brett KavanaughJustice · since 2018Amy Coney BarrettJustice · since 2020

About

Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn into office that same year. She is the first Black woman, the first former federal public defender, and the sixth woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

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Judicial Record

67Cases OT2025
66%In the Majority
23Dissents
6Majority Opinions

26 opinions written this term, counting concurrences and dissents

Recent decisions

Sided with, OT2025

Positions as recorded by The Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al., 2026 Release 01). “Sided with” counts cases where both justices took part; concurring counts with the majority.

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