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He said Jackson was a \"star student\" who fell in love with a law career while watching her own father going to law school at the University of Miami, often drawing on coloring books at the dining room table next to her father's homework. Jackson went on to attend Harvard Law School herself, despite some cautioning her against setting her sights too high.
Biden said she doesn't put \"her thumb on the scale of justice one way or the another -- but she understands the broader impact of the decisions, whether there's cases addressing the rights of workers or government service, she cares about making sure that our democracy works for the American people.\"
\"She listens. She looks people in the eye, lawyers, defendants, victims and families. And she strives to ensure that everyone understands why she made a decision, what the law is and what it means to them,\" he continued. \"She strives to be fair, to get it right, to do justice.\"
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Jackson appeared at the White House with her husband, Patrick, a surgeon, and one of her daughters, Leila, for the formal announcement and her debut under the presidential spotlight.
\"I am truly humbled by the extraordinary honor of this nomination,\" Jackson said. \"And I am especially grateful for the care that you have taken in discharging your constitutional duty in service of our democracy, with all that is going on in the world today.\"
“My life has been blessed beyond measure and I do know that one can only come this far by faith. Among my many blessings, the very first is the fact that I was born in this great country. The United States of America is the greatest beacon of hope and democracy the world has ever known,” she continued.
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Jackson also took the opportunity to give a special thanks to Breyer in her remarks, saying that he \"not only gave me the greatest job that any young lawyer could ever hope to have, he exemplified every day in every way that Supreme Court Justice can perform at the highest level of skill and integrity, by also being guided by civility and pragmatism and generosity of spirit.\"
\"Justice Breyer, the members of the Senate will decide if I fill your seat. But please know that I could never fill your shoes,\" she added.
\"You are the light of my life. Please know that whatever title I may hold or whatever job I may have, I will still be your mom. That will never change,\" Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown tells her two daughters. https://t.co/3a4NSgY2VS pic.twitter.com/Ldbm3STOrU
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 25, 2022
She finished by turning to the glass ceiling she is shattering, giving thanks to those who paved the way for her, including Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman ever to be appointed as a federal judge.
\"Today, I proudly stand on Judge Motley's shoulders, sharing not only her birthday, but also her steadfast and courageous commitment to equal justice under law,\" she said. \"And if I'm fortunate enough to be confirmed as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, I could only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the Constitution and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and the sacred principles upon which this great nation was founded, will inspire future generations of Americans.\"
ABC News' Devin Dwyer, Sarah Kolinovsky and Molly Nagle contributed to this report.
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