6 insurrection and stood by the false claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent. Thomas, a conservative activist, was interviewed Thursday by the House committee investigating the Jan. Several wives of current and former justices also attended, including Virginia “Ginni” Thomas. Jackson’s parents, daughters, brother and in-laws had front-row seats.
She also repeated the oath she took when she formally joined the court in June, just after the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer.īreyer was among a courtroom filled with dignitaries, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Speaker Paul Ryan, a Jackson relative through marriage. She is only the third Black justice in the court’s history, along with her new colleague Justice Clarence Thomas and the late Justice Thurgood Marshall.įriday’s ceremony included the reading of the commission appointing Jackson to the court. Marshall also was a slaveholder, perhaps adding a special poignancy to Jackson taking her place in his onetime possession. The justices are seated by seniority.ĭuring the ceremony Jackson also followed the custom of every other new justice since 1972 and sat in a chair that once belonged to John Marshall, who served as chief justice for 34 years in the early 1800s. She took her place at the far end of the bench to Roberts’ left, just next to Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Earlier, she was the center of attention at her ceremonial investiture at the Supreme Court, also open only to those with invitations.Ĭhief Justice John Roberts wished the 52-year-old Jackson a “long and happy career in our common calling,” the traditional welcome for a new justice.
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