Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Today, after a long period of hearings with the United States Senate, President Joe Biden’s nomination to the US Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has officially been confirmed as the Court’s newest Justice. Justice Jackson has made history as the very first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court.

“Today, the administration of justice at the highest levels in our country looks a little bit more like what it says,” Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock told The Independent.

The vote ultimately passed 53 to 47, crossing party lines to confirm Justice Jackson. “I’m very proud that three of our Republican colleagues, I was always one that said we would have bipartisan support, are joining us and she handled that hearing so well, she’s going to be able to walk in with her head held high,” said Senator Amy Klobuchar.

Aside from being a landmark decision, it was a major moment for an increased balance of proper representation, one which the members of the Congressional Black Caucus were very excited about, while also noting that it perhaps took too long to get to this point.

“It’s far too long that we’ve had to wait for it,” Cori Bush, Missouri member of the Congressional Black Caucus, told The Independent. “It’s historical, it’s monumental and there are so many Black girls that get to come up and know that ‘I can be that one day.’ But not only that but, you know, I think about the fact that we are celebrating the first Black woman in the year 2022 to the US Supreme Court, the court that affects the entire country, it’s sad that this is the first, but I’m elated and I’m emotional so I don’t have very many words.”