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"THREAD: Last night, we confirmed a once-in-a-generation legal talent, a jurist with outstanding credentials, and the first ever Black woman to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Her confirmation is a glass-shattering achievement for America.

When the Supreme Court first met in this Capitol building in February of 1801, there were a million slaves in this nation of five million people. This very building was built with the labor of enslaved people, and Black women would only enter to clean it in the dark of night.

Our struggle to enfranchise and empower women continues to this day. And with Judge Jackson's confirmation, we are not just making history--we are elevating one of our nation's brightest legal minds to an honored position of service. Judge Jackson is the best of us.

This moment is possible because of Judge Jackson and who she is. Her qualifications, her dignity, her integrity, and her record of excellence.

Long after we have left the Senate, history will ask where we were when America broke down what seemed like an impossible racial barrier. I will be proud to say I was on this Senate floor, casting my vote for the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: Ketanji Brown Jackson."

@SenatorDurbin

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