President Biden promoted on Monday his efforts to appoint Black women to the federal judiciary, touting Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation as a signature victory for Black Americans.
Mr. Biden told Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network event attendees that he had worked to install more Black women as judges in an effort to make the federal judiciary resemble all of America.
“I made a commitment to you Al, I said, ‘I’m going to appoint the first Black woman to the Supreme Court,’ and she’s about the smartest one of all of them I might add,” Mr.