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Obamas, students cheer high court’s 1st Black female justice

In this image from video from Senate Television, Vice President Kamala Harris smiles after the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Washington. (Senate Television via AP) President Joe Biden and Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch as the Senate votes on her confirmation from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) The Howard University Law students Benjamin Baker and Jasmine Marchbanks-Owens pose for a photo at Houston Hall Howard University School of Law, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Hilary Powell) Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tex., left, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, center, and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., right, speak to reporters outside the Senate chamber just after the vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, joined by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, center left, speaks to reporters just after the vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)