Ketanji Brown Jackson brings a personal narrative no other justice can match

With perhaps three decades of service on the supreme court ahead, KBJ's perspective and influence could be profound

When Ketanji Brown Jackson takes her place on the supreme court this summer, following her confirmation by the Senate on Thursday, it will bring to an end a painful period for US progressives, who were forced to watch Donald Trump appoint three rightwing justices under extremely contentious circumstances.

But if left-leaning Americans think that the supreme court will be dramatically recalibrated by the appointment of KBJ - as she has become affectionately known, in an echo of RBG, the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - they should think again.