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Special Coverage: Pres. Biden announces nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

FILE - Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 28, 2021. Jackson is among the women considered top prospects to replace retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and fulfill a campaign pledge President Joe Biden made to nominate the first Black woman to the court. Jackson attended Harvard for college and law school and was a law clerk to Breyer. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)
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FILE - Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 28, 2021. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)

President Biden will deliver remarks on his nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson has served as a federal trial court judge for eight years and was confirmed for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year.