Supreme Court announces Ketanji Brown Jackson swearing-in date

• Ketanji Brown Jackson will however swear in as an associate justice on Thursday.
• Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. will take the Constitutional Oath.
• The departure of Stephen Breyer will occur at noon on June 30, 2022. 

Ketanji Brown Jackson will take the oath of office as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday. The court announced.

During the event, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. will take the Constitutional Oath while departing Associate Justice Stephen Breyer will take the Judicial Oath.

In accordance with the statement, members of Jackson’s family will be present.

Jackson previously held a position on the District of Columbia Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.

Jackson will however swear in on Thursday at noon. The ceremony going to stream live on the Supreme Court website.

The Court has indicated that it will deliver all opinions that however still ready from this Term tomorrow, starting at 10 a.m.

As a result, my retirement from active duty under the terms of 28 U.S.C. 371(b) will take effect at noon on June 30, 2022 “Breyer penned.

It has been a “great privilege” for Breyer to serve on the Supreme Court, he wrote in his letter of resignation.

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As a judge, Breyer stated, “It has been my great honor to contribute to the fight to uphold our Constitution and the Rule of Law.”

Breyer was proposed by President Bill Clinton, and on July 29, 1994, the U.S. Supreme Court approved his nomination.