Ketanji Brown Jackson ceremony -- in pictures
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to hear arguments for the first time on Monday as a US Supreme Court justice. AFP -
Ms Brown Jackson, seen here with Chief Justice John Roberts, is the first black woman on the US Supreme Court. AP -
Ms Brown Jackson talks with her husband Dr Patrick Jackson outside the Supreme Court in Washington. EPA -
Ms Brown Jackson and Mr Roberts after her formal investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington. AP -
Ms Brown Jackson joins a court that currently has a 6-3 conservative majority. Reuters -
Ms Brown Jackson and Mr Roberts on the front steps of the court building following her investiture ceremony. Reuters -
The justices return on October 3, for their next nine-month term. Bloomberg -
Ms Brown Jackson joins a liberal bloc that has been relegated to issuing strongly worded dissents in the most important decisions. Bloomberg -
Mr Roberts earlier this year broke from the other conservative justices by opposing formally overturning the milestone 1973 Roe v Wade decision. AP -
Ms Brown Jackson fills the seat of now-retired liberal Justice Stephen Breyer. Bloomberg -
She will hear cases pertaining to voting rights and even a dispute over Andy Warhol paintings. Bloomberg -
The ceremony for Ms Brown Jackson was attended by US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. Getty Images / AFP -
Dr Patrick Jackson is currently a general surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. Reuters -
The US Supreme Court building before Ms Brown Jackson's official investiture ceremony. Reuters
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