Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court fulfilling campaign promise

President Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, fulfilling his February 2020 debate pledge to nominate a Black woman to the first vacancy. Jackson, then 51, serves on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals and is a former federal public defender, the first public defender nominated to the Supreme Court. Her nomination hearing in March 2022 becomes a cultural flashpoint when Republican senators question her about critical race theory and sentencing records. Sen. Ted Cruz brandishes a picture book at the hearing. Marsha Blackburn asks her to define the word "woman," which Jackson says she cannot as "I'm not a biologist." The contentious hearings showcase the partisan divide over identity, education, and the law.