Justice Jackson set for formal swearing-in ahead of court's fall term

The Supreme Court’s newest member, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, formally took her seat in the tribunal’s ornate courtroom Friday, making history as the first Black woman to serve on America’s highest court.

Jackson, 52, took a pair of oaths during an invite-only traditional investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court featuring the other eight justices, as well as Attorney General Merrick Garland and Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended the investiture, as did Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff.

Jackson was...