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Governor Congratulates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Confirmation to U.S. Supreme Court

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first African American woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. (Submitted photo)

Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. issued the following statement congratulating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States:

“I join the chorus of Americans in the Virgin Islands and across the nation in congratulating Judge Brown Jackson on becoming the first African American woman to become a Supreme Court justice.

“Today marks another historic leap forward for this country, and I am proud as an American, and also as a father of two young women of color, to know that as we strive to make more perfect the American experience, that my daughters can realize and achieve anything.”

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