‘So much joy’: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation lauded as ray of hope

Joe Biden speaks of historic moment for our nation' as Democrats give standing ovation after judge's ascent to supreme court

Politicians and activists kept coming back to one word on Thursday after the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US supreme court: joy.

After two grim years of a deadly pandemic and a democracy in peril, Jackson's ascent as the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court was lauded as a much-needed ray of hope.