Biden Nominates Norton Recommendation for U.S. District Court for D.C. to Supreme Court

Statement

Today, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. President Obama nominated Jackson to the U.S. District Court for D.C. on the recommendation of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). The Senate confirmed Jackson for the district court by voice vote.

"District of Columbia residents take great pride in seeing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom I recommended to President Obama for the U.S. District Court for D.C., nominated to sit on the Supreme Court, the highest court in our nation," Norton said. "Judge Jackson, who was born in the District, lives in the District, and was a public defender in the District, is the first Black woman ever nominated to sit on the Supreme Court, which appropriately comes during Black History Month. I have full faith in Judge Jackson's considerable abilities and sense of fairness, and I am proud to have recommended her for the U.S. District Court for D.C. I look forward to seeing her embark on a new chapter of important work on behalf of the country."

President Biden, like Presidents Clinton and Obama, granted Norton senatorial courtesy to recommend judges on the U.S. District Court for D.C., the U.S. Attorney for D.C., the U.S. Marshal for the D.C. Superior Court, and the U.S. Marshal for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Norton has established a nominating commission, comprised of lawyers and non-lawyers from all eight wards in D.C., to screen applicants and to make recommendations to her for the senatorial courtesy positions.

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