KETANJI BROWN JACKSON will be nominated to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice STEPHEN BREYER. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to sit on the high court.
- In a message posted on Twitter, President JOE BIDENcalled Jackson “one of our nation’s brightest legal minds” and he said she “will be an exceptional Justice,” per Josh Gerstein.
- CNN’s Jake Tapper and Ariane de Vogue were first up with the news: “She received and accepted Biden’s offer in a call Thursday night.”