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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper
Cheers for Jackson, who declares, ‘We’ve made it, all of us’

By ZEKE MILLER and
WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tear-
fully embracing a history-
making moment, Judge
Ketanji Brown Jackson said
Friday her confirmation as
the first Black woman to
the Supreme Court showed
the progress of America,
declaring, “We’ve made
it — all of us.”
Jackson delivered emo-
tional remarks on the sunny
White House South Lawn a
day after the Senate ap-
proved her nomination,
saying, it was a develop-
ment the entire country
could be proud of.
“We have come a long
way toward perfecting
our union,” she said. “In
my family, it took just one
generation to go from seg-
regation to the Supreme
Court of the United States.”
President Joe Biden, who
made his own history by
nominating her, stood by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris applaud Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Jackson speaks during an event
on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022, celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black
her side for Friday’s event, woman to reach the Supreme Court.
celebrating her confirma- Associated Press
tion as “a moment of real
change in American his- office. Jackson will take the of white men for almost “It has taken 232 years and States,” Jackson said. “But
tory.” On Jackson’s other bench later this year, filling two centuries, that de- 115 prior appointments for we’ve made it. We’ve
side: Vice President Ka- the seat of retiring Justice clared her race unworthy a Black woman to be se- made it, all of us.”
mala Harris, the first Black Stephen Breyer on a court of citizenship and endorsed lected to serve on the Su-
woman to attain her high that was made up entirely American segregation. preme Court of the United Continued on Page 2